Tag: 1000-gifts

I’m still counting… 176) new opportunities 177) shade on a hot day 178) both girls back home 179) Middle school mission trip returned safely (including Lindsey!) 180) making progress in homeschool planning (those books didn’t swallow me!) 181) Deanna’s permanent placement with our friends begins this week! 182) Tina and baby Garrett are still doing…

I’m still thanking the Lord for more of my one-thousand gifts! Gifts #151 – #175: My friend Tina and her baby (still in the womb) are both safe after a scare last week. The new old car passed emissions! Cheap cars mean cheap ad valorem fees for tags. Sister-time for Lindsey and Kathryn. Vanilla cupcakes…

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” -Alphonse Karr Continuing to list one-thousand gifts as part of the Gratitude Community: 126) a new [old] car: 1995 Mazda Protege 127) we made it two years as a one-car family 128) I had time this week to clean…

“There is always something for which to be thankful.” -Charles Dickens Listing one-thousand gifts is harder than it looks, but a very worthwhile endeavor! #101) coffee and conversation with my mom #102) living so close to my mom #103) my nature-loving dad #104) cousins that are like siblings #105) friends who pray for me #106)…

“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”  — Johannes A. Gaertner Continuing to list one-thousand gifts: #76) frozen smoothies on a hot day #77) ceiling fans #78) my big green chair (so cozy!) #79) sunscreen #80) soft facial tissue #81)…