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Thirty Things for Thankful Thursday

By On 12 November 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Roman Catholic

So many things to be thankful for today:

1. the sun shining through our windows… beautiful day!!!
2. a baby being loud beside me, trying different consonants and vowels (current favorites: b, m, h, y)
3. kids who love to read
4. student home from college for a few more days
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So many things to be thankful for today:

1. the sun shining through our windows… beautiful day!!!
2. a baby being loud beside me, trying different consonants and vowels (current favorites: b, m, h, y)
3. kids who love to read
4. student home from college for a few more days
5. extended family members who love me/us unconditionally
6. friends who truly care
7. my Catholic homeschooling mom support system
8. food in the fridge, pantry, freezer
9. cars that run
10. clarity of mind
11. doctors who still practice real medicine (what my physician godmother calls “the art of medicine”)
12. classical music
13. my kids’ music
14. fall weather! (sunny but a bit chilly — my favorite kind!)
15. wool blankets
16. daughters who like working in the kitchen
17. funny picture books!
18. forgiveness
19. several loads of laundry already done — a couple more to do today
20. that feeling of accomplishment
21. organizations that help us/teach us how to give
22. the Blessed Sacrament
23. opportunity to spend time with Him in Adoration
24. faithful priests like Fr. Euteneuer, speaking tonight
25. Rooibos tea
26. a faithful God who’s always beside me
27. a faithful husband who’s always beside me
28. His saints, examples of lives well-lived
29. Dave Ramsey
30. Tim Hawkins

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Thankful Thursday

By On 6 August 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Roman Catholic

I think one of the moms at 4Real started this, and I don’t know if it’s still ongoing… if no, I’m reviving it!

Counting my blessings on this August night:

1. beautiful 7-month old baby in our arms
2. obedient kids (most days anyway)
3. our Lord’s Presence in the Most Blessed [...]

I think one of the moms at 4Real started this, and I don’t know if it’s still ongoing… if no, I’m reviving it! :D

Counting my blessings on this August night:

1. beautiful 7-month old baby in our arms
2. obedient kids (most days anyway)
3. our Lord’s Presence in the Most Blessed Sacrament
4. faithful teens at tonight’s Adoration – so inspiring!
5. a hubby who’s wonderful as wonderful can be
6. God’s never-ending provision
7. Abby at Project Nazareth
8. and her e-book
9. the grace to deal with life’s ups and downs
10. the strength to get up after every fall.

Thank You, Lord Almighty!!

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Thankful, Part 2

By On 27 May 2008 · 2 Comments · In Happy Wife and Mom, Journaler

For freshly-done laundry.
For moments of reprieve from all-day-sickness
For Panera. And Chipotle.
For congee.
For a hubby who after 18 years will still do anything for me. And more.
For conscientious children who help out when they see the need.
For children who fight, but forget all about [...]

For freshly-done laundry.
For moments of reprieve from all-day-sickness
For Panera. And Chipotle.
For congee.
For a hubby who after 18 years will still do anything for me. And more.
For conscientious children who help out when they see the need.
For children who fight, but forget all about it the next day.
For an 11-yo who makes Jell-O for his 6-yo sister.
For a 9-yo who toasts bread for his 6-yo sister.
For their love of music.
For their innocence.
For their trust.
For their great love for Dad.
For tears, when they miss him and want him to come home.
For the Rosaries we share daily.
For the love of reading.
For Emma.
For late night owls.
For $100 rebates.
For poets who love life.
For Janet Smith.
For Cormac Burke.
For the rain.
For forgiving seedlings.
For the neighbor who is gone and can’t complain about the weeds.
For friends who pray for us.
And a thousand other gifts I am forgetting to name at present.
Because today, it’s enough to just be thankful.

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