#21 A "surprise blessing" due to arrive in August!

#22 Sunshine... always thankful for sunshine

#23 My GrandBabyBoy taking a rest time at Nana's... pretending to sleep!

#20 Cheapie, Walmart reading glasses.

#18 Anniversary dates to Red Lobster.. and

#19 Barnes and Noble, where I bought 19 books, none for myself, and got no grief from Steve about it!

#16 Twenty-six years of marriage

#17 To a man--wonderful, loving, and sometimes frustrating.. LOL

#14 The privilege of being allowed to worship you, Jesus. I am so unworthy.


#15. An awesome, sold-out-for-Jesus church to worship with, equally unworthy sinners, saved by Grace and full of Thanksgiving and Joy. Eucharisteo!!

#12 The gift of a surprise free day. Which led to....

#13 A clean bedroom.

#10 My favorite coffee cup (well one of two) bought at the beach (I buy a new one each year)...

#11 Filled with my morning "candy coffee"--coffee, sugar free vanilla caramel creamer, and splenda.

Indeed life is good! Thank you Jesus!

#7 my fairly new refridgerator.




#8 The Sears washing machine repairman. (except the part where he said "See you again soon" ?!?!)

#9 My large, agitator free, FIXED washing machine!

#4 Spring creeks that pop up, bubbling and gurgling, everywhere.

#5 Nature paths on our property.

#6 Soooo thankful for memories of how He carried me, in perfect peace, while my son served in Iraq.

Giving Thanks

#1 The first robin of the year.

#2 Beautiful, glorious, warm sunshine pouring through snowflake decorated windows.

#3 Last summer's garden, preserved last fall, and delivered to my kitchen this past week. for my grandbabygirls. by my father. their great grandfather.

Eucharisteo: Grace, Thanksgiving, Joy

I am midway in reading one of the most profound books I have ever read: One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. God brought this book to me... or me to this book to encourage the regular habit I have of "seeing the beauty", the "seeing God's hand" in the everyday. He also is using it to answer some of those hard, faith wrestling questions. Questions like "Why do bad things happen to faithful Christians?" "If God is in control, why....." "How can God use *this* for His glory?"

I wanted to document my own "giving thanks in everything" and "living fully right where I am" and had determined to begin on Ash Wednesday--the beginning of Lent. But today the thanks for so many simple, yet amazing, beautiful, cherished gifts just came pouring out and so I begin. Eight days early. Too grateful to not.