When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessing, name them one by one
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
I woke up on the grumpy side of the bed once too often this morning (every time I'd doze off, after about 5:30, someone woke me up) and it's hard to shake the mood I'm in. But I know thinking about my blessings will help.
10 random things I'm grateful for today:
- Only 2 more weeks till school starts! I think I'm gonna make it!
- 2 more weeks of sleeping in in the summer (in theory - no sleeping in around here this morning)
- Friends who "get" me.
- Sisters. And telephones. When we live so far apart, they go hand in hand.
- Ritters (which may or may not be consumed for breakfast)
- Air conditioning. And ceiling fans. And ice. (it's been a HOT summer!)
- Pandora - I'm listening to some gorgeous jazz right now. If that doesn't improve your mood, nothing will!
- My sweet kids. They may drive me crazy sometimes, but listening to them laugh together in the other room makes me happy (even if they are playing instead of doing their chores)
- The neighborhood pool. It's the only way to survive this summer.
- My wonderful husband who is at Boiset training today, getting shut in a packing container that's on fire and getting dropped into a swimming pool inside a helicopter simulator. He does so much for our family, and I really can't imagine life without him.
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