All posts by Helen

stir the sauce

Gratitude

Very Grateful for

God’s blessings

Not getting picked for jury duty

Finishing a huge project that some think is unnecessary but is important to me

Figuring out how to access the huge financial database behemoth at work

People who give help

Garrett, who said other folks have light sensitivity too so perhaps it’s not all in my head (well, I guess it is, but, you know) :)

Just accepting that I need more sleep now (8 hours last night again)

Time to make dinner and breathe and just stir the sauce and breathe

Spoons

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.  ~J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

to be dazzled then to be reflective

Gratitude

Very Grateful For:

God’s blessings

an early morning walk with Ruby

juice

reflection time

the electrician who came and tempered some of the fluorescent lights

an offer to help

an offer of help

a resource from Garrett

an address to call home

“Every day I walk out into the world / to be dazzled, then to be reflective.” ~ Mary Oliver whose birthday is today

a lovely visit

Gratitude

Very Grateful for

The non-hysterics of God

8 hours of sleep

“Team 55” computer help

Rearranging furniture, giving some away

Memories of our great trip to Boston and Garrett and Cassie’s courtesies

Remembering to pay a bill before it was past-due

An unexpected afternoon off!

Jennifer, Jaden, and Jazzi!~a lovely visit

A little bit of rain

Alas, summer days are behind us…time for some routine. ~in Domestic Serenity

beets and back to school

Gratitude

August 29, 2013

Very Grateful for

God’s winks

The other gratitude lists here at WLG

Fresh beets

Finishing some of the reading

“The world is Colorful”-poem

hot coffee

Mandy doing the hardest yard work

Amelia having a good back-to-school start

Steven’s upcoming art show

      No matter what things explode in your life, God is going to be there. He is going to make a way through the debris for you. Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. ~Deepak Chopra

not losing finding

Gratitude

Very Grateful for
God’s creativity

learning about a new-to-me term: mental bandwidth

the first day of school

breathing

Dad’s example

An overdue phone call and the beginning of healing (maybe?)

Finding out that a book I thought I lost was actually purchased as a Kindle version so it is not lost at all!

not losing my keys

No matter the prison, you can be Freed by Gratitude. ~Ann Voskamp in this post

Soap and Water

Gratitude

Very Grateful for
God’s patience with me
Scholarships for students
Soap
Cool water
Ice
Amelia’s work ethic
Smiles
New tennis balls
Ruby
Chances are, your life is over-complicated by all the years spent trying to fill a non-existent hole in your life…instead of seeking more lists and more plans, new clothes and new friends, perhaps look around and consider that you probably already have all the things that you really care about. Cherish the friends you have and wear your favorite shirt to tatters. ~Jessica Stillman in this post

Angels around Midland

Gratitude

Very Grateful for

God’s angels

Angels on the way to Midland-a young, Navy officer who gave me tape to secure the flapping rubber strip that came loose

His sweet young kids and his wife

This song about gratitude, oh, it is so beautiful

The angel at the hotel who honored a competitor’s hotel rate b/c I was lost and couldn’t find the right hotel

The angel at the dealership who called his friend who knew how to fix my car

The angel at the auto glass place who took my car in at almost closing

…and fixed it without charge

A touch on my shoulder with these words, “God Bless You”

Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s plan. 1 Thessalonians 5:16