Daily Gratitudes 2018

[Lessstressedhemum]

A new thread for a new year.

A safe, quiet place to pause, breathe and count our blessings, great or small. Everyone is welcome: of all faiths or none at all, whether you post regularly or just once, whatever you are grateful for, you are welcome here.

We would love to share all the things that bring us joy or just make life a little more bearable.

Music
Boys Brigade
The changing seasons

Kind colleagues reassuring me on my first day back after maternity leave

Hot tea

Cuddles when I got home. Xxx

My gorgeous kids giving me some time to chill out this evening 😊

Vanilla cheesecake

That my kids have both settled nicely into nursery - phew!

sunshine
herbs hanging to dry
useful work

Baby cuddles

Good news

Family

Hm pumpernickel bread
Autumn sunshine
Quiet prayer

Thoughtful students

The taxi driver who said “well you don’t look tired; you look fresh and smiley and alive” after a disaster of a morning that started with 4am wakeful baby and involved a missed bus.

Having a family I can’t wait to come home to.

A glorious late summer day and the opportunity to enjoy it by the Thames spending time with a friend
Very special people who enrich my life in various ways
The comfortable feeling of life reverting to routine after the freestyle weeks of the summer holidays

A very early birthday card from my grandparents.
Cups of strong tea
My wonderful, supportive partner who called just when I needed it.

A lovely evening at Messy Church
Rain to feed the soil
A warm bed curreyfilled with teenagers!

Currently filled! Oh dear, my typing is getting worse

Running in the rain: the smell of the earth and the feel of autumn in the air.

My husband’s baking (the wretched man never even touches the scales - how and why is his pastry so much better than mine?!)

A warm bed with an actually-finally-napping baby in it.

A little peace and quiet
the sound of the wid in the trees
washing flapping on the line

Reconnecting with a dear friend

Coming home to cuddles after a long day

A really good egg mayo sandwich with chives from the garden

My child returning from far, far away

The roses still blooming in my garden

The blue tits chasing about the garden at work today

Sunshine through the rain
Hot showers
The opportunity to practice keeping my temper when I would dearly love to lose it.

Those opportunities have to be regarded as blessings, Less, don't they?
A great start to the football season for my grandsons
BBC - quality radio and television
My wonderful vet whose support and advice is invaluable

Absolutely, Optimist, the more practice we get the easier it becomes to remain patient. I am turning into my mother. "Patience is a virtue, strive to acquire it."

Finding a very pretty Boden top in my size in Oxfam. Three quid.

Running through the changing landscape.

Being woken up with hot coffee and a happy baby.

Two days spent working outside with DS2. He was well enough to do it and the weather was glorious.

The crisp, delicious taste of an apple straight from the tree.

Getting my garden tool shed organised ( new home, much chaos).

I wish you happiness in your new home, Gr33n.

A good night last night at BB
A quiet morning
Shelter from the wind and rain

Thank you so much Lessstressedhemum. I am taking baby steps on my spiritual journey after many years of abuse from my exh and a "church" I unfortunately became involved with as a young adult.

I've found thoughtfully posting on here to be surprisingly spiritual.

I'm so sorry to hear that, Gr33n . I escaped a very controlling religion a number of years ago and understand how hard it can be. Never mind getting out of an abusive marriage as well. Just take your time and don't push yourself.

I hope our wee thread can be a bit of a support for you.

Good luck in your new home (and garden) gr33n - may it be full of peace and contentment (and plenty of ripe apples!) after what sounds like a rough road.

Blackberries and local honey for my porridge.

The 11 year old boy who I’d wrongly pegged as loutish it who hung back after his lesson today to tell me he’s nervous about his dance show at the weekend (“I only started dancing to prove that boys can do it, but I really love it.” - the next generation give me so much hope)

Lazy evening doing very little after a long, long day.

My children and the lives they are forging for theselves
My faith, which gives me untold strength to cope
A quiet time mixing teas, tincures, oils and salves.