It’s been hard to find time to write lately. I’m trying to organize our new school schedule, Aaron leaves again for Thailand tomorrow, we finally finished all the unpacking, we had a baby shower, oh yeah, and I have a newborn. Though, truthfully, he is the most chill baby ever. […]
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1000 Gifts Friday-Week 10
It’s 9:42 on a Friday night and the house is silent. The Boy and Girl have gone with the GH to Beema’s house for the evening. Little is asleep. And I am once again reflecting on the past week and the many gifts it contained. And I am thankful. Sometimes […]
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Technically it’s not Friday any more, I hasn’t been for two hours. But I haven’t been to bed yet so it’s still Friday to me. This week I’m thankful for: Sister in Law who arrives for dinner bearing chick flicks to watch together while a husband is away. Same SIL […]
Read More1000 Gifts Friday-Week 8
Gratitude. It’s an amazing discipline. The more intentional I am about cultivating thankfulness the more content I become. It affects everything, my interactions with people, my over all attitude, my felt level of happiness. Could this one simple thing be the secret of happiness? This week I was reading to […]
Read More1000 Gifts Friday-Week 7
No, I didn’t forget about 1000 Gifts Friday. I’ve just been way too busy to post the past 3 days. And the frenetic pace doesn’t show any sign of easing in the next few weeks. But that doesn’t mean there are any fewer reasons to give thanks. Little practicing her […]
Read More1000 Gifts Friday-Week 6
It would be a little bit lame if I missed posting on 1000 Gifts Friday because Thanksgiving has thrown me off schedule wouldn’t it? Sorry, I’ve been too busy stuffing my face with turkey and then laying around moaning in the name of giving thanks to actually give thanks. Well, […]
Read More1000 Gifts Friday-Week 5
I always have trouble going to bed at night. There’s always on more thing to do, one more things I forgot to do earlier in the day that I need to do. There’s always a vaguely unfinished feeling that keeps me puttering around when I should be sleeping. That has […]
Read More1000 Gifts Friday-Week 4
Every night the kids and I take a minute before bed to thank God for the day and talk about the best parts of it. Just as I need the discipline of counting my blessings, so do they. Their choices are predictable. They remember treats, playing with friends, whatever was […]
Read More1000 Gifts Friday-Week 3
I’ve started wondering, as I keep this gratitude journal, what would have been different about my life if all my other journals had been designated gratitude journals as well. I imagine myself in a moment of ennui turning to my journal for solace and pausing for a moment over a […]
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I heard the Baby crying this week so I went to see what was wrong. As I rounded the corner I she lifted her tear streaked face from the Girl’s shoulder who had been comforting her after she bonked her head. I’m thankful my children can comfort each other, and […]
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