1. A blissful day of sunshine, peace, and quiet!
2. Grilled cheese sandwiches!
3. The wonderful relationships with my brothers and sisters in Christ that God has built and mended over the past 20 months! God wants all of His children to get along well with each other and love one another, just like how we want our own children to get along with each other and love one another, sometimes we need help from God our Father to do the mending.

Very Grateful for:
God’s word
prayer
a morning walk with Ruby
this song by  Nichole Nordeman   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KsaaZsFtkE
getting through a difficult family meeting
Amelia’s call at just the right time
Tedra’s support
Pam support and prayers
And always…Garrett’s wise words

Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting. ~Haruki Murakami

• HOORAY!
• Winds and some rain blew in last night
• 42 degrees this morning but warming up and summer is still here :)
• Today we have blue skies, sunshine
• and FRESH MOUNTAIN AIR!!
• Grateful for each of these days :)

1. God
2. Downpour passing over
3. Cooler weather
4.Letters
5. Connections and links
6. Unexpected
7. Growth everywhere

1. What a gorgeous day the Lord has made! I am thankful that I am alive!
2. Nachos! I just have cravings for these sometimes!
3. My dad repairing and painting the church doors
4. Eating lion’s mane mushrooms and beautiful oyster mushrooms from the farmers markets
5. Very vivid dreams
6. Cute pajamas I receive as gifts from my mother
7. Having more than enough so that I can donate

I’ve been feeling very private and quiet and raw lately but need to write a gratitude list.
Thank you for options
Thank you for love
Thank you for safety
Thank you for family
Thank you for friends
Thank you for inspiration
Thank you for compassion
Thank you for selflessness
Thank you for maturity
Thank you for the ability to let go

Very Grateful for:
God’s blessings
A supportive friend like Garrett
clean water
air conditioning
ceiling fans
pillows
a refrigerator
ice cubes
electric lights
Some people care too much. I think it’s called love. ~A.A. Milne

• Wow, so much smoke and haze that we can’t see our surrounding mountains
• Our Gov. has declared a Fire Emergency here in Montana…15 fires in MT and more in surrounding states
• Grateful for our sil who flies the helicopters that carry the huge buckets of water over the fires
• Love my long conversations with my extraordinary granddaughter…she teaches me so much
• Renewed my driver’s license :)
• David’s Apple Watch…nice! Almost like having your life on your wrist?
• GSon Austin and his friend surprising us with a visit…great guys!
• V.A. at Ft. Harrison this morning…. a WWII veteran…such a gentle man….when we thank him for his service we bow…
• …as I looked around I realized the many stories they have…and we’re often blessed to hear about them.
• One of the veterans had a shirt that said, “Freedom is Not Free”

1. God
2. Delivery
3. New growth
4. Morning walk with Peabody
5. Taking time for appreciation
6. Cool mist
7. View from here
“we will NEVER run out of things to be grateful for…people to be grateful for…experiences to be grateful for.” – Brave Girls Club

1. The incredible joy of receiving a talent from God (cooking) and then using it to serve in a ministry… it is very fulfilling!
2. The chives, green beans, and scallions that God blessed our garden with this year–a bountiful harvest!
3. Making foods that my parents love to eat and then seeing them get seconds and thirds!
4. Lots of time today to take a nap and enjoy some peace and quiet!
5. Got to watch my favorite cooking shows today–Pioneer Woman and Barefoot Contessa, and how much they help me to relax!
6. Getting that abundance of love from God that is completely sufficient and fills up my “love meter” so that when I am with people, I don’t need to get love from them, I get to give love to them!
7. Getting to do what I love for a living! I’m so blessed!