Gratitude List

  • Gratitude: Little Miss Independent

    451. Miss Independent standing on a stool singing Jesus Loves Me, while I fry chicken for dinner 452. She has taken to playing the bagpipes… Now pay attention… look closely and then use your imagination as you read the next few gifts… 453. She looses her balance and grabs the freezer door to steady…

  • Gratitude: The List Continues

    Thank you for reading… As I continue to count the gifts handed down by my Heavenly Father… 433. Sweet Beth’s email from the other side of the earth, filled with such encouragement and blessing434. Carmel seeking me out to sit beside me for a scratch on the head435. a familiar face in an unexpected…

  • Gratitude: This Week’s Load

    Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits,even the God of our salvation.Selah~Psalm 68:19 417. quietness brought by falling snow 418. dog wood 419. snowman 2011 420. wiped out after a day of sledding 421. small feet growing fast 422. 423. 424. white gloves 425. break through 426. snow plastered to tree…

  • Gratitude: Stretching Paper {And Myself}

    I am so thankful encouraging words. A little backstory for # 413… This past week I really have been feeling a push to “stretch” myself and stretch myself some watercolor paper,  and paint, even if it is just a few minutes a week. (Gotta start somewhere.) Emily, at Chatting At the Sky, has been…

  • Gratitude: Where I Don’t Want to Live

    There is a lonesome street sign out in the countryside where we live. Every time I have passed it I have wanted to stop and take a photo of it. As my husband and I were driving by it the other day, I just happened to have my camera along. So, I finally was…