What do you do when gratitude doesn't come easily?
What do you do when you can look around and you KNOW you are surrounded by blessings but your heart doesn't feel what your head knows?
What do you do when praise feels far from your lips and your heart?
I think the answer is different for every one... but for me... when I don't know what else to do... I make a list.... and so....when my heart doesn't feel thankful... I start to write... and I keep writing.....and I write until my mind and my heart agree....
- Cinnamon bear scentsy
- Warm socks
- Comforters
- Hot tea
- Hot chocolate
- Coffee
- Flavored creamers
- Fresh bread
- Pastries
- Warm, comforting food.
- Someone else cooking dinner.
- Sleep
- Quilts
- Favorite sweaters
- Colored pencils
- Empty journals
- Sisters who are friends
- Friends who are like sisters
- Family living in the basement
- Naps
- Baby snuggles
- Happy kids
- Good report cards
- Writing
- Words
- Language
- Good books
- The “just right” sermon at the “just right” time.
- Hand written letters
- Craft time
- Books about food
- Walks on days off
- Starbucks
- Birthday presents
- Money to pay bills
- Red cold cheeks off the school bus
- Dinner in the crock pot
- Spontaneous conversations while the eggs scramble and the coffee boils and the kids play in the other room.
- Cook books
- Danish Butter Cookies
- Babies in fuzzy sleepers
- J.J. Heller CDs
- New Pens
- Journal Cards
- Note Cards
- Snail mail
- Reminders to keep my expectations smalls
- Mommy groups
- Hot Baths
- Hot Showers
- Sausages
- Pasta
- Recliners
- Bus Stop conversation
- Coffee Dates
- Afternoons spent in bed with a sister watching hours of TV
- Sisters who drive hours for birthday parties
- Family who shows up
- Getting in bed at the end of an exhausting day
- Holding photographs in your hand
- Paper dolls
- Coloring
- Favorite TV shows
- Roasted Chicken
- Cresents rolls
- Baking
Keep on going
Counting on fingers
Counting in my head
On paper
On my phone
Breathing blessing in and out until it fills my lungs with the reality that Life is Beautiful
and God is good
and not every season is joyful
but every season has moments of joy
I may not enjoy every moments
but there are always moments to enjoy
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