Gratitude Challenge: What made you smile today?
Each morning I drag myself out of bed and head to the kitchen to fix breakfast for hubby and myself. And each morning, one of the first things I do is open my tea cupboard … to be…
What are you most grateful for in your daily life?
Today’s Gratitude Challenge: What you are most grateful for in your daily life? Glass fireplace doors … to keep the smoke out of the house. I’ve mentioned this before, but when you are using a wood-burning fireplace to…
Something in nature you are grateful for (part 2)
Recently I came across these tiny mushrooms (in today's background photo) growing in the forest … and my immediate “blink” reaction was that they looked like barnacles. When I was in college, I heard a pastor preach about…
Gratitude: Something in nature you are grateful for
Out my kitchen window this morning the sun is just starting to come up. It’s going to be a pretty sunrise this morning. A swath of clouds stretches across the sky … perfect for catching the colors of…
Gratitude Challenge: 3 things you love about your family
It’s static-shock weather. Each evening whenever I get up from the couch and go over to turn off the light, I brace myself for the inevitable static shock! I know it’s coming … and it’s never pleasant. In…
Gratitude Challenge: What is your favorite place and why?
The weather is now consistently in the 30’s … it's sweater-weather. We’ve all had one of “those” sweaters which as soon as it goes through the wash it’s never the same again! It comes out of the washer…
Gratitude Challenge: Simple things you are grateful for
Here you can see a photo of a fancy fizzy drink my son recently gave me. Costco has a new selection of Holiday-flavored fizzy drinks available … and since my son loves fizzy drinks, he picked up a…
Gratitude Challenge: A risk you are grateful you took
In the Fall of 2020, when the churches in our area were just being allowed to gather together again in person, the need arose at our little church for an Admin. I had no interest whatsoever in this…
Gratitude Challenge: A luxury item you are thankful for
Last weekend hubby and I cleaned up all the fallen leaves. Between the Big-Leaf-Maple in the back, and numerous other Big-Leaf-Maples on the side of the house and in the front, there are a lot of leaves to…
Gratitude Challenge: What are you grateful for about where you live
One of the things I love about where I live is the vast diversity of nationalities and peoples in my city. For example, at the Costco where I shop it is normal to hear many different languages being…