Complaint vs. Thankfulness

I had every intention this morning of sitting down to my blog and complaining.  Complaining about money...or the lack of.  It's that time in our adoption again when things must be renewed.  Expensive things.  We just had to re-do the flooring in our kitchen, new refrigerator and dishwasher and as I write this I have the house heated by gas logs and an oil heater because our heating unit is on the fritz.  Someone will be here today to fix the unit and charge me who knows how much.  But, you know what?  I live in a house where I can open up my brand new refrigerator and get fresh, healthy food out for my family.  I live in a house where the floor is solid and keeps the elements out.  I live in a home where I can wash all of my dishes in a hygenic way with just the push of a button and I live in a house where I still have the luxury of gas logs and electricity for an oil heater to heat my family.  And most importantly, the hundreds and hundreds of dollars that I'm about to spend on more paperwork, will not amount to a hill of beans when they hand me that little girl for the first time.  Do you think I'll be thinking, "Boy, on Dec. 17, 2010 I was feeling like I didn't want to do this anymore...the process to find you was just getting to be too much.  Too much time, energy and money."  I doubt it.  I think I'll be thinking, "Oh Lord, thank you for every step it took to get to this moment.  I would do it again 1,000 times."  So today I'm choosing thankfulness over complaining because I truly have SO MUCH to be thankful for.