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When I started this journey to one thousand gifts, I thought that it would be easy, because of course, I am so richly blessed. And in that sense, it has been easy. I was sure that I would be more aware of all the good in my life, and become even more joyful. That has happened, but what I did not expect was the gifts I would find in the not so pretty moments of my life. The pulling hair fights, the flu, the potty accidents, the flat tires.
To say that finding gifts in the supposed curses has been life changing would be an understatement. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, I have begun to break our bads into little gifts in themselves, and opportunities for me to make those bads a little better. The power of perspective.
I'm half way there!
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the surfboard dance
baby calves in the backyard
bud {rip little guy!}
loud laughs about the cats
Reese's wakeup call
homemade chicken noodle soup
rug/blankets
chocolate church faces
fever reducers
"He is ABLE"
cleaning out pens
the quiet
clean car
the pink hula hoop cup
swimming with mermaids
mint tea with honey
closing down the coffeeshop
hours-long skype chats
brooming snow off the dish
painting dressers
girls playing a concert
home inspiration a la Jeana
stacking wood
calves laying in fresh hay
garden catalogs
green sprouts peeking through snow
greek yogurt
birthday parties
letters from Grandma
fountain pop
Sadie and her coloring books
fabric bins
a stack of shirts to iron
cats finding sun
the coupon bag
smoov-ies
yeah sisters.
30 min in 3 weeks
bedhead ponytails
cold kitchen floor
nose scrubs
Ella volunteering at the dr.'s to show Reese she was okay
a family of a snowman and snowwomen
makin' footprints
morning fog
re-attachable polly pocket heads
insanity
glasses of water like sarah
easter candy
barbie movies
broken branches from too heavy snow
kathy at walgreens
quiet giving
red cheeks
stepping on princesses in the hallway
cracking peanuts
ring around the rosie
hydroponic tomatoes
4 wheel drive
building a snow fort
lenten season
birds gathering just to bug Leroy
sledding with the girls
queen of the mountain
clean windshield
washerful of jeans
skinny dipping scenty bars
new boots
"thatta girl"
softball season
more pandora
"hazy"
getting the mail at the po
detached bands
ouchless hair bands
footprints in the snow
white subway tile
sorting laundry into piles
Ella's Scooby Doo "like"
alfalfa sprouts
working during naps
hearing the stir
Reese escaping her bed
post nap
and running down the hallway
going into Ella's room
climbing onto the bunk
and giving a snuggly wakeup call
hearing their laughs
and loving their bedheads
planning summer vball
carhartt hat
building a fire with the girls
answering phone calls
early bedtimes
my dyson
"rockabye"
light in the attic
this blog
answered prayers
want to join me in counting my blessings?
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