I’ve been writing down gifts…things in my every day life for which I’m thankful for awhile now. I got the idea from Ann Voskamp’s book 1000 gifts. The goal is to reach 1000, but then to keep going…because the things to be thankful for never really stop coming, do they? Even when everything else seems to be going wrong, I can still be thankful for my son and the shape of his nose, or for the beauty of a flower I pass. I can be thankful for clean water or the glint of the sun on a droplet of water.
I had a bit of a lapse in my 1000 gifts journal…only writing down a couple a week. But I’ve had a renewed energy for it recently, so I thought I’d share some more.
707. Wild, curly hair
708. Elias saying “Auntie” and “Uncle”
709. Jenny getting pregnant!
710. Bird calls in the wetlands – each so varied and unique – it’s like God made each one different so He could identify the bird by its special call
711. Clean kitchens!
712. Elias spilling (and stepping on) goldfish crackers on the kitchen floor shortly after it was clean
713. Elias going to get the broom to try and sweep up the goldfish crackers
714. The way he says “yeyow”
715. The way he says “F” and “S” and “fast” with a growl in his voice
716. “Bye bye doof”
717. Elias saying “Amen” after the prayer at dinner time each night
718. Elias using his hands to turn my head so that our lips will meet and kiss
719. Meeting up with friends we haven’t seen in a while
720. Nathan liking his new job.
721. Seeing a sunset reflect off the clouds
722. The boardwalk in the wetlands being cool on a warm evening walk
723. Art night in our house
724. Writing to my sponsored children
725. Olive wanting attention and getting in the way because of it
726. 90 degree days in September
727. A falling asleep cuddle with Elias
728. Elias telling Nathan that the diet rootbeers in the fridge are Ahma’s
729. Singing the Lord’s Prayer every night to Elias at bedtime
730. Hearing “uh-oh Daddy” almost every morning as Elias finds a cup left out or a computer left plugged in or garbage left from the night before