Grateful Heart

November, the month of thanks, has been a time focused on what I am grateful for over the past years. I chose thirty things, one for each day of the month, to mention in Word and Today each year. Here we go for 2016:

Ø Grateful for the bread and cup  Luke 22: 19, 20

Ø Talks with my Mother

Ø Freedom to vote

Ø Gentle breezes on my face, refreshing my heart

Ø Opportunity to spend time with my husband’s brother, Paul, and his wife, Joann

Ø Memories of my Dad’s self-denying servanthood toward all who entered his home – offering his chair, food, Kool-Aid and cookies for my kiddos…

Ø Pumpkin pie

Ø Spending my birthday with all of my children

Ø Churchill Chronical family newsletter Joanna’s family issues

Ø Laughing with my sisters and brother

Ø My daughter Joanna’s strength and perseverance

Ø Mature Christian women, of all ages, speaking into my spirit

Ø Close friends who pray

Ø Pleasure of having another tea party with my ten granddaughters, daughters and mother, from ages 2 to 89

Ø My Mother’s resilience

Ø Inspirational, motivational sermons of my pastor

Ø Our Constitutional republic

Ø Daughter Dawn’s worldview burden

Ø My Dad’s love for our family Christmases that spans generations

Ø Warmth of our woodstove

Ø My husband’s seventieth birthday

Ø Social media fun with my grandchildren

Ø Beautiful, glistening lakes that are in our community

Ø My son Tim’s phone calls

Ø Conservative, constitutional Supreme Court members

Ø The grace and mercy of my Father God

Ø Acts of kindness by my neighbors

Ø Loyal companionship of Lucy, our golden/doodle

Ø Treasured conversations with Aunt Betty, Aunt Gail and Uncle Palmer, hundreds of miles away

Ø Pittsburgh Steeler football games