The Joy of Grace

Thankful Thursday Sep 25

On this day, I'm a bit exhausted. Perhaps it is because I pushed around a double stroller and pulled and was tugged by a 40-pound beagle this morning on our 3-mile walk.  I didn't stop there though. I then brought Charley home, kept the girls in the stroller and headed to library for story hour.  The library is in fact about a mile away.  I thought that it would be most fun to walk there and I really had no choice because Aaron had our only car.  The way there was fine...the way back...well, I was tired, hungry and ready to get home.  So, I am exhuasted after my "5-miler" and when I get exhausted, I tend to get cranky.  However, my sweet Lord is teaching me much about cultivating thankfulness and contententment, even when things are not going particularily my way...

Lee gave me the idea to do this a couple of weeks back, so here it goes.  I am thankful for...

• Our sweet baby Aubrey who melts my heart each time she smiles at me.  These days I'm finding it difficult to even feed her because she just wants to look up at me and smile and "talk".
• Our precious firstborn child Savannah who is a clear picture to me of God's grace.
• My hard-working, amazing husband Aaron.  Without all his hard work, I would not be able to enjoy our girls the way I am so priviledged to do so each and every day.  Without his amazingness, I would not be who I am today.
  
• Pilsbury slice and bake chocolate chip cookies and Cherry Coke and sweet tea, which I finally figured out how to make it almost as good as my mom's.
  
• That we needed to wear jackets on our (exhausting) walk this morning because the feel of fall was in the air.
• Spiced Pumpkin Wallflowers from Bath and Body Works.
• Facebook and blogs and emails...it's good to keep up with people.
• Nap times and early bed times...soon I'm going to start letting myself get some extra needed sleep during these times!
• The Colts and the Vols.  I love watching football!
• Thursday night television...it's back!
• The fact that I'm really a deep person even though my blog may convey differently...I just don't use it as a journal, which would be totally fine if I chose to do so.  I just love the Lord makes us "deep" and lets us have fun in that deepness.