Counting My Blessings: 469 to 489

As sickness threatens to do us in, I plod on… continuing on my quest to find 1000 things I’m grateful to God for.

A Gift Cool, Warm, Sun-Soaked

469. A light morning breeze.
470. Breakfast.
471. Sunlight streaming through the kitchen window onto Judah.

3 Gifts Autumn

472. Light rains.
473. Cooler evenings.
474. Jackets and caps.

3 Gifts Growing

475. 3 pairs of feet.
476. My Kindle library.
477. My patience :).

3 Gifts Given

478. Fever medication for Jon.
479. Paints for the kids.
480. Hot water for the boys.

A Gift Made, Masked, Marveled

481. A Lego excavator.
482. Jon tying a handkerchief across his face and pretending to be a doctor.
483. The fact that we survived without a washing machine for an entire week.

3 Gifts Framed

484. A mirror.
485. Spectacles.
486. A verse in our living room.

3 Gifts Moving

487. “Cars”, the movie on TV.
488. Clothes drying on the line.
489. Jason & Judah walking to the school bus with their father.

Are you in the habit of counting your blessings? I mean, literally counting them 1, 2, 3… Would you consider joining me on this journey? Would you dare to live fully, right where you are?