Radvent Day 15: Receiving

 Radvent Day 15: A blogging event by the lovely Princess Lasertron.

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List some things you received today. Did you consciously accept these gifts?

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Oh my goodness.  It seems that the Princess and I have a lot in common.  She spoke in her blog today about how she is not good at accepting help, how offers of assistance are sometimes viewed as interference or "meddling" and is generally a control freak.  I am quite the same.  I have 3 sets of parents; my own and my husband's two sets (they divorced and both remarried)--so naturally we have A LOT of parental opinions flying around.  It's really hard for me to take it.  The Holidays are especially a nightmare.  So many houses to visit, each one has an idea of what the "perfect" day will include.  It's so hard to make them all happy and I stress about it.  We both do.  Are we spending an equal amount of time at each house?  And heaven forbid one of the parents make any "suggestions" on how to make our life easier--meddling! 

I am very good at saying 'thank you' but have a hard time accepting generosity.

Here are some things that I received today...

~A lovely morning wake-up from my husband
~A look of gratitude from my dog when I put her eyedrops in, seriously!  :)
~A funny text from a friend
~An "I love you, have a nice day" from my husband 
~Friendly greetings from strangers in the hall
~A compliment from my boss
~A favor from a co-worker
~Another favor from an unexpected co-worker
~A compliment from a friend
~A hug from my husband--I'm sometimes really bad about receiving hugs
~An offer to bring a dish to our party this weekend

I need to work on accepting help still.  Especially from our family.