The Nice Things

 July 2, 2010

I'm grateful for a wonderful family who loves me even when I am...far from perfect.

I'm grateful for good and wonderful friends!!

I'm grateful for my kids who make me laugh and feel happy.

I'm too grateful for chocolate cake.  I need to stop.

I also am very grateful for celery.  I eat lots of it everyday.  A few cups.  I really do.  It's so delicious.

I'm grateful for kids who yell and scream at me because it teaches me how to be a parent.

I'm grateful that I sometimes feel lonely so I think of others and how they might be feeling.

I'm grateful that sometimes I know what it is like to make mistakes and then be forgiven, so I can do the same to others.

I'm grateful for chocolate chip cookies.  And that I can eat them!

I am grateful for the moments of forgiveness, for unconditional love for me I feel from God even when I have been less than perfect.  It makes me realize that no matter how bad we mess up, we are still children of God and He loves us unconditionally.  I look at others differently when I remember that.

I am grateful for my mother who has been there so much for me and continues to help me and listen to me and be patient with me even when I am whiny, annoying (I like to think never), and when I ask for her advice on raising children.

I am grateful for my father who has been a great example and taught me wise things.

I am grateful for my brother and always being able to look up to him.  He has no idea what an example he was and still is to me.

I am grateful for my sisters and sister-in-laws who are terrific friends and are my friends when I need a friend!

Just some things I was thinking about today.