Catching up is a necessity of life these days – Catching up on house work; Catching up on sleep (is that even possible?); Catching up on connecting with each other.
Life zooms and suddenly . . . well suddenly there is nothing but catching up.
I’ve been able to continue with my gratitude journal through the zooming of the past weeks. Now it is time to share it here – believe it or not I haven’t updated on Gratitude since October 21, – just over two months. Not good!
So it is time to share and share big. But there are too many to share all of them – just a snippet to give you a glimpse at the beauty and grace of God in even the zooming parts of life.
2426. Watching The Voice as a family
2432. Daniel’s business growing;
2435. Dried sunflower blooms as fall decoration;
2440. New socks;
2446. Watching Arnica and Arrison grow and learn how to play;
2450. Growth that can come out of a painful situation;
2458. Getting to know a friend better;
2460. Bright colored fall leaves in Idaho;
2465. The sound of wind against the house;
2469. Getting to karate two times in one week after a month of sporadic attendance;
2474. Yoga pants – comfortable new part of my wardrobe;
2476. Fresh eggs from our own yard/chickens;
2480. Fun time with the Rainey’s
2486. The joy of photography;
2487. Running into so many people I know when doing errands around town;
2491. Sunrise over the Bridgers;
2499. Strength I see in Marissa;
2503. Thanksgiving with families from our Bible Study;
2508. Making foods J likes;
2509. Homemade hot chocolate after a cold afternoon walk;
2514. Downtown date with J;
2518. The amazing way different people’s brains work;
2523. F-11 staff cleaning my lens and giving great customer service;
2526. The writings of Ann Voskamp;
2528. Temps above zero – double-digit temps that don’t start with a minus sign for the first time in a week;
2529. The beauty of the river in winter;
2536. Time with Roberta;
2542. Getting a day’s “to do list” accomplished;
2547. J growing a full inch in 4 weeks;
2549. Inspiration from Holly Rainey for a winter table scape;
2551. Tracy Van Omman’s generous gift of baking for J’s fundraiser bake sale;
2553. The hope of someday making a photograph that is excellent;
2557. The stark ugliness of the world through the filter of God coming down to save us.
2558. 6 eggs a day on average;
2559. New C.D. player for Christmas music;
2560. Focus on Jesus for Christmas’
2561. God is a great initiator – see creation, conception, redemption;
2562. Andy’s opportunity to connect with James;
2563. J’s representing his ice climbing passion so very well in a discussion;
2564. Finding a short clip from Brene Brown that perfectly meets a need