Thankful Thursday

The past two weeks were very, very hard, and yet there is still so very, very much to be thankful for when I open my eyes and heart to see...

• cool basements on 100 degree hot days


• silent tears seeping into pillows, feeling God's silent embrace


• brave bird in the trout pond


• boys learning to fly fish under the big sky in Big Sky, MT


• Nathanael in the hiking back pack, as beautiful as the beauty around him


• the wonder of waterfalls to eyes both little and big


• hearing little boys praying from their big hearts


• a new cookbook helping me make yummy meals to last a month (like the tasty Chicken and Wild Rice Sandwiches mixed with cranberries and curry)


• a new Catholic Dayplanner to help me organize my life and feed my soul


• the freeing feeling of a clean house (if only for an hour)


• Arwen, our princess cat, who cuddles under our covers at night


• Bible-reading boys finishing the entire Bible in one summer!!!


• sweet dates with Jesus and my husband as we share devotional time in the morning quiet


• boys watching Blue Angels in a breezy field, dreams soring high


• kissing and making up---hope restored


• serendipity surprises, my husband speaking my love language with heart-gifts


• the cuteness of chubby legs crawling