STORIES AND REFLECTIONS
For fresh starts. It is easy to appreciate second chances and wonderful life changes, but what about the fresh start that each day brings? That one’s easy to overlook. Today, I am thankful for the fresh start I got this morning. How ’bout you? Let’s make it a great day!….
On the eve of another birthday (so grateful for that!) and reminiscing. As I look back, I would’ve never imagined my biggest blessing at 51…
On this first Thankful Thursday of 2014, I am grateful to see the start of a new year, and anticipating all of its potential. Although I don’t know all that this new year holds, I am confident in Him, who knows all things. Friends and family, let’s approach this new year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day….
Thankful for a year of milestones, adversity, and achievements. Perspective on steroids. My 2013 brought a few big birthdays (50, 21, 18), a huge anniversary (25), a recovery short of miraculous (Mom’s bounce back to health), and…..a little literary dream I had come true — the paperback.
In reflection, do I have much for….
On this Thankful Thursday, I am especially grateful for the sounds, sights, and smells of Christmas.
Bright colors of red and green flicker on a pine tree filled with ornaments new and old, a train (sometimes the monorail) circles the nativity village, scented candles fill the air, carols play to the heart’s content….
For meaningful conversations.
The sad, the laugh-out-loud, the serious, the prayerful, the advice-full, the spiritual, and even the philosophical. I truly appreciate a good convo. I have these. Internally. Quite often…..
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For what irritates me…because it makes my need to pray even greater.
What irritates you? Here’s a little prayer for that:….
On this, the grandest Thankful Thursday of all, I wish you a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving.
I thank the Lord for the wonderful, supportive, and loving people with whom He has surrounded me. Total gratitude here….
For being thought of. Be it a message, a card, a package, a gesture, a call…. In this fast-paced life, it is awesome to know you were thought of. Today I am grateful for those who keep me in mind and reach out to show me.
Is anyone thinking of you right now? Maybe someone is….