Thankfulness in the new year

So today is my birthday. I was rather bummed when yesterday, both of our cars kind of fell apart. The one I usually drive needed two front tires immediately. There was an actual hole in one of the tires, the tread had completely worn off and the other tire was ready to blow. I was mad at first that now I got to spend my birthday money on two new tires and then have to pay also to fix the muffler that is falling off of the car my husband usually drives, but as time went on, I realized, I am so, so, so very thankful that we did not get into an accident with the tires blowing out or that I wasn't in the car alone with the girls when the tires blew or that they didn't go out on our trip to Michigan/Wisconsin a few weeks ago. I am so grateful that I HAD the extra birthday money to help us with this as we don't have any extra right now. I feel a huge amount of peace and comfort in knowing that God's watching out for us, keeping us safe and providing for us and thankful for our family who loves us so much to be so kind and giving on birthdays! Feeling very blessed today and thankful for the big AND little things!