Monthly Archives: July 2012

Breath Gratitude

  1. Boundaries
  2. Grounding
  3. Being true to what I really want and need
  4. Noticing 
  5. Not telling old stories 
  6. Returning to the peace of this moment, over and over again
  7. Not worrying about whether or not I was present in the moment before this one
  8. Taking things one step at a time, one moment, one breath. This is all there is.
  9. Gratitude. Oh blessed gratitude!
  10. Breath.

1. God

2. Mook out day at the farm (not MOOC – Massively open online courses, for which we lack the cell service or bandwnorth up north)

3. Cassie reading, learning, drawing a map and blurting out sharing from her reading

4. Trip into town and eating lunch

5. Cassie’s new purple wallet, embroidered with pink flowers and a turquoise bird (I want one!)

6. Lobsters bought from the fisherman

7. A good night’s sleep

8. Voice of the silence

9. Helen’s faith kindness and generosity

10. Rain and sun

11. Jumping into the pool to retrieve Cassie’s glasses

12. Nooky

Tuesday Blessings

1.  cleaned up house

2.  friends coming over

3.  new book club for FIRE STARTER SESSIONS by Daniele LaPorte — incredible book!

4.  movies this afternoon – “Moonrise Kingdom”

5.  dinner with family

6.  taking 95 year old Dad to investigate the possibility of an iPad!  Wow!

7.  keeping my fingers crossed that my Dad really gets an iPad

8.  such a happy day already, and it’s only morning

Thank you, God!

1. God

2. Early morning rain

3. Then blue skies

4. Doing nothing

5. A useful book

6. A n intriguing book

7. “frivolous stuff”

8. A cheerful frog

9. Song of a chickadee

 

10. Plans instead

Jean, Carol, and Garrett

Very Grateful for~

God’s gift of healing
Prayers for my mom from Jean, Carol, and Garrett
My brother’s safe arrival
Steaks and Klondike bars—my dad’s favorites
Nurses who are extremely patient with my mother
Finding out what is wrong with my car
Crepe myrtles in my front yard
Cookies in my mailbox from neighbor Linda
Funny emails from Rachel

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it. ~William Feather

1.God

 

1. God

2. The farm

3. Hissing of summer lawns, well, maybe it’s crickets

4. Grass

5. How John invests in this place

 

6. What a gift to be here

7. Wildflowers

8.  Swimming pool

9. The shed and a couch to lie down on

 

10. Gentle breezes that do bring blessings

 

 

 

Pancakes and Prayer

Very Grateful for~
God’s gift of healing
doctors
nurses
the medicine and technology today
the quote from the article Garrett recommended: The silence sings. It is musical. I remember a night when it was audible. I heard the unspeakable. – Henry David Thoreau
prayer
pancakes
fleece throws made by Amelia
sleep
lemon water
Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. ~John Henry Jowett