List Interrupted But Gratitude Continues

Interrupted by life, there are times one falls off the blogbox, but the gratitude continues to pile up.

A few more remarkable things for which I am grateful:

• vitality (when I feel it)
• robust health (especially when I don't have it!)
• freedom
• having meaningful work AND
• being paid to do meaningful work!
• blogs that inspire new thoughts -- or old thoughts about important subject
• blogs that make me laugh
• singing hymns -- in my heart and sometimes, out loud
• the gift of a piano in my home
• the intelligence and compassion of my family, especially my dear Mother -- she deserves her own post and one of these days, she'll have it
• friends who will not let me rest, until I've seen a doctor
• friends who bring chicken soup, jello and all manner of soothing eats when one of us is ill
• phone messages that remind us we are loved
• the little personal notes my husband writes on the grocery list in between peanut butter and paper towels
• facebook! (also on the list of things I hate... facebook! so perhaps it cancels itself out -- but on the positive side, how amazing to connect with people from 20+ years ago!)
• Psalms
• my five-year-old neighbor who refreshes my perspective with her enthusiastic outlook
• a down comforter on a chilly night
• hot tea + lemon juice + honey --- and the ahhhhhhh it brings
• Jeff's chapel talks and the faith that prompts them
• finished projects!! (thank you K, S, M, M, C and C for the gift catalog... significant accomplishment for all)
• kindred-spirit colleagues/friends

Giving thanks... for all these things and more!