Very grateful for

1. Generosity

2. A $21,800 gift to our Hope Fund from our high school students

3. An afternoon of rain

4. And a night of rain

5. Hearing birds sing during the rain

6. Napping and then sleeping during the rain

7. Finding a leak from the new roof before I sent in the final payment check

8. 3 inches and counting (we need about 12 inches to restore from the drought)

9. Warm gingerbread tea

Practice the discipline of the Present, practice the Praise of the Present. ~Ann Voskamp