My Living Room

One day I will get my living room back.
Whatever that may mean.
We don't have a family room like I always wished for.


Instead we have a living room allowing all the noise in it to be heard throughout the whole house.


We have a living room with tons of throw pillows that never seem to stay on the sofas.


A living room full of laughter and jokes, conversation overheard and first words.


I have tried for several years now to record in my thankful journal all the things I am thankful for. The book A Thousand Gifts is a good read about the art and perspective of giving thanks.


I've never really typed that list here, parts of the list sit on papers crammed in a notebook and still a part is engraved in my phones "notebook".


Perhaps, if time and my brain allows, I will record more on this small space I occupy on the web.


Today I am thankful for...
1. A living room filled with boys playing video games
2. and little girl toys
3. a full recycling container 
4. wind in the trees reminding me of unseen mystery
5. a heart missing family because my heart has family to miss
6. the smell of fall and maple butter candles
...


So what are you thankful for and what characteristics does your living room have?

Today I am Thankful For...

-God's grace daily in my life
-homemade dill pickles
-Steve.
-opportunities unseen
-blue pens
-the winds of change and the change that comes
-the constant of Jesus
-smiles from strangers

Thankful Five

I started to write a daily thankful five, but I'm not a daily person.
That sounds bad I know because I try to be thankful each day.
I still write in my old school journal, ya know the one with a pen and paper, what I'm thankful for and I think I'll keep it there.
I do encourage everyone to daily jot down God's goodness in their lives; then refer back to it as often as possible.

Thankful Five

6. Air conditioning
7. That my kids have the best dad they could ever ask for
8. Laughter
9. Work/job
10. My mom and the values she instilled in me the manners she taught me and the way she raised me in general (dysfunctions and all)

~Michelle

Thankful Five

With each day I post I'm going to attempt to write 5 things I'm thankful for, I got the idea from Lisa and I'm calling it my Thankful Five.
If you know my brain you know I'll most likely forget, but here goes:

today my Thankful Five are:
1. my kids and their mouths- specifically that they have never complained about it being hot or that they travel with me to work and often eat a late lunch because of this
2. friends, Rhonda, Amanda, Lisa, who listen and care and give good advice
3. my job and it's flexibility
4. the animals God has placed in my care- they bring me joy!
5. flavored creamer for my coffee

~Michelle <><