GRATITUDE 66 Dr D

We have a family counselor.  And she rocks.  Andy and I have spent hours on her couch working through the challenging dynamics we face as a family. She is part expert/part mentor/part friend/part co-journer with our family on the road God has called us to.  If you know our family well, you know that this is an incredible gift to us.  So today, I am thankful for logging another hour on her couch, under her tutelage, with her tissues, better equipped to walk the path God has laid before me.  Thankful Thankful for another hour with Dr. D.  

GRATITUDE 65 Thursday Thanks

Puddles ...a little boy's delight in jumping over them
Two horses on our walk
A struggle that makes me dependent on Christ
Growth...in me and in our garden
What God is doing in students lives
Books
Stories
My kids love of stories
A free library...what an incredible gift

GRATITUDE 64 Answered Prayers

Learning more and more that God loves to hear our prayers.  I've seen him answer prayers for this little guy in incredible ways this week.  Thankful for answered prayers.  Thankful for my friends and family who are battling with me in prayer for my precious children.

GRATITUDE 63 Teamwork

GRATITUDE 62 Xiao Li

When we talk on the phone, we always both say at some point, "it's so good to hear your voice."  There is something so familiar and comforting about hearing my dear friend Xaio Li's voice.  Maybe because it's the voice I heard the most, other than my husband's, while living in China.  Maybe it's because her voice is so gentle and brings feelings of comfort and memories of a deep friendship formed over pots of bubbling soup and hours of managing my home with her help.  Her friendship, her voice, her love for our family is a gift I am recounting again today after talking with her on the phone.  Sweet Xaio Li.  What a gift.  

GRATITUDE 61 Rainbows and Sprinklers

Sunday afternoons outside
Rainbows
Kids in  our homemade sprinkler
Wind
The faithful preaching of God's word
Kissing friends babies
Sharing a mutual hardship with a friend
Forgiveness
Cilantro Sprouts

GRATITUDE 60 Beauty

Thankful today for the beauty of this little one...her freckled nose, her hair, her skin...God is a creator of beauty and I see that every time I look at her.  And she has an eye for God's beauty, always stopping for flowers.  Thankful today that God details his work so intricately..from freckles to lacey flower petals.