For a full night’s sleep…
For women who mother with me: My mom,
aunts, friends, with kids and without
For a house with new windows and heat and air conditioning
For a job that allows me to combine my interests and passions
For friends who make me think and stretch my ideas
For safety
For flowers delivered
One of my book clubs just finished reading Half the Sky. I had read it years ago and it was such a reminder of all I have to be grateful for. One woman, whose son is on the autism spectrum, even said that having a kid with autism seemed like a “first world problem” after reading this book. I take time daily to write my 1000 Gifts and try to notice the little things, but sometimes life and the need for more overwhelms and I become dissatisfied.
Being grateful has become a practice – one I am no where close to mastering, but continuing to practice.
What are you grateful for?
Linked with Lisa-Jo Baker’s Five Minute Friday, a time to sit and write without editing.
Beautiful things to be thankful for because we can bless others back with our things and our gratefulness. 🙂
Practice… yes, it takes making that choice every time.
Love your heart to go after it!
Heather
{FMF}
Thanks for stopping by! That choice to practice, to be grateful – not always easy but worth it!
Hi Annie,
Linking up with you from FMF. I am intrigued to read the book you mentioned, I have heard it mentioned multiple times just this week so I am thinking it is worth getting. 🙂
I am grateful today, for the memories, all of them, because sometimes it is all we have left to hold on to when the ones we love are no longer her in body to hold. I grateful for the chance to extend that legacy with words, just as a reminder that it is not forgotten.
Blessings and Happy Mother’s Day!
Dawn
Yes! Half the Sky is amazing, life-changing. (They made a documentary, too…) Happy Mothers Day to you, too!
I am grateful for my family. I wish I could be grateful sleep. It comes in spurts, but I’m sure I have been sleep-deprived for 15 years. 🙂 I, too, have practiced being grateful, even in the stinky, yucky, aggravating parts of life. Blessings to you and your family!
Ah, I’m grateful for sleep today…. It’s been rough around here. 😉 thank you for stopping by!
family and friends who are a constant encouragement, a job that is stressful and fulfilling, new changes and challenges, grace through each day!
….A job that’s almost finished! Hooray! 😉 Love you.