On Gratitude

Today, unlike my poor turkey friend, I have much for which to be thankful. I could say lots, but instead I just took 3 minutes to walk around my home, and I quickly took pictures that tell of my reasons to be thankful more accurately than a thousand of my own words.

I have a wonderful, handy and loving husband.

I have a home filled with music--a luxury few enjoy.

I have a refrigerator filled with food, when so many go hungry each day.

I have the opportunity to fritter away time knitting together wonderfully colored fibers from my yarn stash.

I can look outside my family room window and be graced by one of God's creatures.

I have a husband who studies and loves God's word.

My children have the luxury of having their own bedrooms with beds to keep unmade for days at a time.

I receive a steady stream of lovingly handmade crafts from my girls.

I receive the unconditional love of a stinky little dog named Charlie.

My children have the good fortune of not having to take themselves too seriously...

which is a good thing, right?


To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ~Johannes Gaertner