I am grateful for…

• a friend who took this picture of our Blessings spoon and sent it to us.
• a weekend with good friends and the new experience of cotton harvest.
• neighbors  and a stepdaughter who look in on Dad as he recovers.
• early mornings waiting on the sun to rise.
• evenings at my office window on the 2nd floor, watching the afternoon sky turn to pinkish orange and seeing the first stars.
• my 2nd grandchild’s birthday, 8 years old today and so very beautiful.
• entertaining video conferences with my co-workers.
• Christmas music, except for the hippo song and The First Noel and Go Tell It On the Mountain. I could do without those.
• the fact that I live here and not in Alabama tonight.
• new sweaters.
• anticipation of Sam coming home from his trip.
• happy dogs.
• phone calls with grandchildren who know me and want to talk to me, even when I cannot understand a word they say other than “Ama!” and “Yes!”
• sweet stories from a friend who is fostering a little girl.
• a dust pan.
• new stamps.
• a really good devotional.
• work, work and more work that keeps me busy and productive.