- Waking up Easter morning to find fresh cut white tulips and a note from my man.
- A resurrected day.
- An amazing Saturday of sunshine! “Feels like” 73 degrees!
- Morning spent down at the river, throwing rocks, “fishing” for salmon, catching sharks.
- Afternoon spent on lounge chair in the sun, reading. Bliss!
- Long walk, alone with my man. No stroller. Praying God graces us with enough years to live empty-nested together. Love my children but oh, I love that man.
- Holding hands.
- Winco prices.
- Triple-layer chocolate cake (Easter is for celebrating!).
- My Little Ponies.
- Encouragement from a friend.
- Women’s Ministry Team. Love those ladies.
- Community Group friends.
- A friend who understands–really.
- Structure.
- Surprise baby shower.
- Banana cake.
- Reading through past year’s posts–God is so faithful!
- Planting seeds with Heidi. Dig, water, wait for the miracle.
- Watching kids rake and dig and til the ground, busy workerbees.
- Leftovers.
- Shampooing carpets.
- Long talks with my man.
- Reminiscing about Dutch’s Boudreaux’s incident.
- Debra’s coffee.
- Pulling weeds.
- Newly designed couch-fort. Better than ever.
- Strawberries and fresh pineapple.
- White tulips fanning out in every direction.
- Potted tulips outside making “S” shape to always lean toward sun. Amazing.
- Garbage service. Also amazing.
- Staying light longer!
- Getting light earlier!
- Sharing embarrassing moments. Really embarrassing moments. Laughing til we cried.
- Nine beautiful ladies at morning prayer. Love that time!
- All living things leaning toward the Light.
- My sick boy falling sleep on my chest–deciding it was a perfect afternoon to kiss his cheeks and smell his breath and read a book with my one free arm.
- Sick kids actually means super-productive day for Mommy as they camp on couch with books and movie. Feel bad for them but it’s a nice change of pace!
- Morning walk by myself.
- Aspirations for getting back in an exercise routine. I think the ankle I injured almost six months ago is probably more than healed! 🙂
- Anticipations of summer.
- Almond milk.
- Crockpot beans.
- Planting basil.
- The Experts’ Guide to Life at Home, by Samantha Ettus.
- Generous Justice, by Timothy Keller.
- Slowing down. Three nights in a row, home as a family. I could get used to this!
- Good reports.
- Watching Jeff & Heidi together, in the backyard planting vinca. Jeff big shovel in hand, Heidi tiny pink trowel in hand. Heidi watching Daddy, mimicking his every move. Pink boots. Wispy curls blowing across her face.
- My sick boy calling from the couch, “Mommy, I love you.”
- A friend reminding me to keep writing these down, persist in thanksgiving even when my heart can’t seem to keep up.
- Gratefulness by faith.
- Generous Groupon gift to Spicer Brother’s produce.
- God’s creative provision.
- Veneer. A great book.
- Pressing through the blahs, knowing they never last forever.
- Cutting wheat grass with scissors. Eating it like a cow; kids thought I was crazy.
- My steady man.
- Simplicity.
- Sovereignty.
6 thoughts on “Week's end with thanks”
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Always fun to see what blesses another. Thank you dear new friend of just about a month….feels like decades.!! If we all were to each share what we have thanks for, those small precious moments and things that a life lived TOO FAST misses, how bright the light would be that surrounds us. Shine, shine, bright Morning Star in our lives and those around us. Love ya sista’
Wonderful to see you this morn! Love your words by the way… will say more on those later. xoxo
Hey, dear. I so look forward to these Saturday morning posts– thank you. And might I ask how that awesome couch fort could possibly be improved upon? 🙂
Are you feeling better?? My kids are on the mend–hooray. Love you gobs.
I’m reading Generous Justice as well (with Pastor Travis) based on Jeff’s recommend. I am certainly enjoying it too. Sometime we should share thoughts on it, curious what you think about it.
Yes, Kris I’d love to hear YOUR thoughts on the book. Seemed to me a great explanation, biblically, of the call to justice and mercy and how they are related. Interesting, though, how Stearns focused primarily on overseas justice work (true need) and Keller focused primarily on domestic justice work. Makes sense since each is speaking out of their unique position and calling. I thought reading both books together is helpful–they complement each other, though I tend to lean more toward Stearn’s emphasis since the “greater” need is overseas. Want to write a guest post sometime?