Gratitude Sunday

Last Sunday was 'Gratitude Sunday' at church.

It really got me to think more about this whole idea.

Definition of Gratitude:

The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation

for and to return kindness.

It might have been good to have thought about gratitude while the

following stories occured last week:

1.My husband and I could not find Averie anywhere but we heard her talking. She

 was found hiding underneath the kitchen table with her entire bag of Halloween candy

 and several opened wrappers.

2.While cleaning up the endless mess that was created in every room of the house.

3.While counting the number of times Averie gets out of her bed before 10 pm at night.

 How many you ask?  4-7 on average.

4.When Cameron started sweeping the entire house with the dirty broom

 including all the carpeting and walls. Number of times this has ocurred in the past week: 3.

He is getting a cleaning set for Christmas.

Then all of the sudden it snowed an inch of snow.

That kept Keaton busy for at least 3 hours.

It was dark by the time I ran out with the camera but the next morning

the other two discovered something white:

I was thankful the hardware store still had three little shovels.  This is gratitude   I tried not to look out the window. I really prefer summer and try to savor every second of the warmth, however the snow made me think of Christmastime, cookies baking, hot cocoa steaming, Christmas lights and I got all excited. I am trying not to fall victom to decorating way too early, (as I do every year) Christmas shopping more than I should, playing Christmas music and decoratingbut I might have to give in soon. There were even holiday movies that started playing this weekend. The Hallmark Channel is sure to get anyone in the Christmas spirit. Number of times The Grinch Who Stole Christmas was viewed this weekend? 3. And, one of those times was shared with a special friend:  Gratitude for playdates with friends     I could never express enough gratitude for the three healthy and happy children we have been blessed with. And, gratitude is the word to whisper when this one looks like this when she really should be sleeping:  Gratitude for the daughter I never knew I would have   Number of times I have had to put Averie back to bed while writing this? 8. And it could be more... Happy sleeping to all, Dena