Gifts from today

On Saturday and again today, Julie challenged us to notice the small gifts we receive, to acknowledge God in our lives. I may not get them written down on my note cards, but wanted to post some of the gifts I received today.

1. The gift of fellowship with the women of LCC


2. The gift of hospitality given to me by Melissa opening her beautiful home


3. The gift of little kisses when Maryn was supposed to be napping


4. The gift of snuggles and love from Maryn...I ended up napping with her after the dog scared her by coming into her room


5. The gift of rest...no I didn't get the things done that I would have liked to, but they'll still be there tomorrow


6. The gift of Caleb's placement on his basketball team, a great coach and kids he knows


7. The gift of Josh being old enough (and competent) to watch Maryn so I could take Caleb to practice and get some errands done


8. The gift of clean kitchen counter tops...it may not last, but it is an accomplishment none the less!


9. The gift of a quiet evening

How about you? I just wonder what our lives would be like if we consistently counted our blessings!

Organized Christmas

For all my organizing and planning this holiday season, I've really dropped the ball (again) with the LCC women's blog, again I apologize! I thought I was on good path and things would be easy and stress free. Well as usual, I was not correct...I do believe that I will see many blessings from my early planning, but there are things in life that you can't plan for. Take illness for example...who plans to get sick? I surely don't and it's even harder when it's your child who is sick - don't worry it's just a cold. And then there is the potty re-training. I surely didn't plan on that!

All this emphasizes what Julie challenged us to do on Saturday...to look for the daily little blessings throughout this busy time of year. I hope to have some notes from Julie to post on the blog for those who missed it. So, let's look for those small little blessings like an extra smile and hug even if it is from a snotty nosed kid!