Wednesday, January 12, 2011

ill...

I've been ill.  So have Owen and Cora.  I haven't posted daily gratitude in a week or more.  But, I am not doing this to create another source of guilt.  I truly want to learn from it.  I want to become more joyful and thankful.  I want it to be where I go first.  So, no beating up on myself.  I will just post today's gratitude and move forward

daily gratitude

1.  I am thankful that Greg can take Cora to see the doctor this afternoon.  She has missed three days of school and needs to get healthy.

2.  I am grateful for fizzy bath balls.  It feels really good to sit in the hot water and soak in the moisturizer and relax.

3.  I am grateful for the sunshine which is shining brightly and melting the snow that fell on Sunday.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Daily gratitude, January fourth

daily gratitude, january fourth

1. Chocolate! Tonight I indulged myself with two chocolate truffles. I am grateful to the student and his/her parents for giving them to Greg.

2. I am so thankful that Owen's headache appears to be gone.

3. I am grateful for a kitchen that has begun to be cleaner and more organized so that I may be able to craft an item or two this week. Kelly

Monday, January 3, 2011

daily gratitude, january third

daily gratitude, january third

1. Today I am grateful for my husband and how hard he works both at his job and here at home.  Tonight after work he came home and mopped the kitchen floor.  It was a big job as the floor was in horrible shape.  He does this all the time and I am so grateful for it.
2.  I am grateful for the great tasting mountain water we get to drink here at our home.  I don't drink enough of it, and that is inexcusable because it is delicious as well as good for me.
3.  I am grateful for the game night my family and I enjoyed last night.

daily gratitude, january second

daily gratitude, january second

1. I am grateful to be focusing my scripture studies onto the New Testament this year! I am so excited to learn more.
2. I am grateful for the amenities I have because I was born an American. Having safe drinking water, healthy food to eat, medications, vaccines and shelter... Plus so much more.
3. I am grateful for the sunshine that came out today. Kelly

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Daily Gratitude - Day One (Jan. 1. 2011)

The only way to form a habit is to try.  To start.  To do that thing daily.  I often tie myself up into knots over the things which I don't or 'can't' do.  It is time to find some freedom from my own thinking.  From myself.  It is time to decide to try.  It is time to say 'I can, I will, I do' iustead of 'I can't, I don't'.  Today that means I will start working on my new commitment and write

daily gratitude, january first

1.  I am grateful that my family and I are safely home, in our own home, after two weeks away.  I love my family... both the one I was born into and the one I married into... but it is wonderful to be back within the walls of this house, in this town, in this state.  I love it here.  I love this mountain.  And I love being here with Greg, Owen and Cora.  I am lucky.
2.  I am grateful for the artistic inspirations I have found in the form of bloggers.  These women are creative forces with their art and their lives.  They think.  They go inward.  They search their souls.  They take all that they know and put it into words, art and photography and share it with me.  I am awed.
3.  I am grateful for Girl Scouts.  As a girl I was blessed by good leaders and good friends who shared the experience with me.  Now, as a leader I am blessed even more because I can share it with my own daughter.  It is fun.  And I love the chance to play and learn together.