Daily Gratitudes 2016

[Lessstressedhemum]

A new thread for a new year. If you would like to pause, breathe and count your blessings, this is the place for you.

Everyone is welcome, we love to see new faces. It doesn't matter whether you have a faith of any kind or no faith at all; whether you post every day or just once: whether your blessings are great or small. Please drop by and be welcome.

Thank you for my family, being able to keep the house. Please God let us find a way to stay in our own home, and stay healthy. Thank you for all your blessings, and for not deserting me in my fear and pain. Amen.

Highway, I have said a wee prayer. X

NC.
My sense of humour.
The vicar. again.
People who are always there.

Thank you less stressed mum. Thank you Lord for this new day and for people who care about me and the children.

A new day of blessings, opportunities and challenges
The work of my hands
Birdsong
All my children

A beautiful hydrangea in my garden with blue white flowers, that I see every morning at breakfast
My son is at school this morning in Year 9 and he has gone on a day trip to see Houses of Parliament and to take the Duck Bus. He has Asperger's so I am so happy that he will be doing something he enjoys, at school I mean! (school has been difficult for him, sometimes)
My 17 nephew was in Nice yesterday, but my sister told me he was safe. She is in shock. I want to give thanks he is safe.
My daughter is safe upstairs with a sinusy cold.
My son did his Grade 5 voice and violin last week, he is not very academic but I think he passed those exams at least; I am so grateful he has the satisfaction of being good at music.

Cooler weather!

I was casting about for something that has uplifted my spirits in this sad, sad week and then saw Channel 4's trailer for the Paralympics .

(I hope including a commercial link doesn't go against the spirit of this thread.)

Two nice evenings with two good friends
Coffee today with a new friend
A small decision made right.

Knitting, I'm so glad your nephew is safe. The world is a terrible place at the moment. I'm also happy for your children, I have 3 with Aspergers, so I know how tough life can be for them. My middle child is less a scenic than the other 4 and feels it keenly, but he has his own talents and is about to start a technical theatre HNC which will hopefully take him where he wants to go. Congrats to your ds on his grade 5s, perhaps he has found his niche. Hope your dd feels better.

Flowers
Faith
A decent night's sleep in safety
Life in a reasonably safe, stable country

DH 's car has finally gone kaput. I'm grateful that we are extremely fortunate enough to be able to source the funds to buy a new one.

My wise beyond her years beautiful DD
My loving DS.......who takes life way too seriously sometimes. That's my fault, I can often be that way but I'm trying hard not to be

Young in church, they light the place up
A lovely service
Time spent in prayer and praise
Fleecy jumpers - it's perishing here today

Sunshine and heat for 1 day only!
Sunny washing

Sunny washing here too!
Incredibly grateful for modern technology that allowed my dentist to do root canal work for me without any pain except to my bank balance.

Holidays.

A rest day today
Literacy
Growing things

Sunshine
Heat
Sunny washing
Foodbank has been able to help loads of family's in the past couple of weeks as the school holidays bite. I am very grateful for everyone who donates in any way.

Painkillers
Technology
Food in the cupboards
Birds at the feeders

A wonderful, uplifting church service
Prayer
Silence in the house!!!

Another lovely summer day.
The opportunity to help someone who needed it.
Miraculously waking this morning and feeling more positive about matters that had me in a gloomy, negative frame of mind yesterday.

Shelter from the rain
Rain to nourish the soil
Small furry creatures
Being able to help another church with some stuff for their mission

Friends
Being able to talk and listen
Food and clean water
A washing machine and the electricity to power it

Sunshine after days of rain
Bin men who take away the rubbish and allow us to live in a sanitary environment
Sleep
Flowers
Bumble bees

Lovely church service e
The NHS
Friends
Family

Sunshine
Home grown veg
Faith

I hope everyone else is ok and having a lovely holiday