Thankful for small things

Lisa, over at Army Chaps Wife, encourages us all to be mindful of our blessings. It is very 'human' to dwell on the bad things going on in our lives, but I have come to realize that even during trials and struggles, there are blessings and grace. Hop on over and share your blessings.

This week has been a calm week for us. I say that a bit tongue and cheek, just because calm and crazy are simply relative when you have 5 kids in the house. I am also working steadily on hubby's website, so I see code in my sleep :-)

I am thankful for:

• a wood burning stove! I love fire, I love starting fire, my oldest also loves to start fires, and this gives us a very safe place to do it. Also, since we use it for our primary heat source, we get to light one every day ;-)


• I am thankful for a better experience with WP coding this week. It is very hard to change gears from Blogger to WP, but I have not been excessively tense or grouchy this week while doing this.


• I am thankful for forgiveness, for graciousness, and for reconciliation.


• I am thankful for a husband who is concerned about our relationship and treats even the small insignificant hurts seriously.


• I am thankful I married a calm man.


• I am so thankful for family and friends who are planning their trips up here to Alaska. I miss so many people being up here.


• I am thankful for views like this, even when I can't share them in person: