Today I'm grateful for short meetings, steady work, and fun projects.
Time for Gratitude: May 26, 2016
Today I'm grateful for fingerless gloves. I can wear them all day long and feel "warm" but still be able to type or do other activities. Thank goodness for these gloves!
Time for Reflection: The United Methodist Church
The General Conference of the United Methodist Church meets this year in Portland, Oregon. It meets every four years, and it is with great excitement for my family that it brings United Methodist leaders from around the world to Portland. I come from a long line of United Methodists ministers. My Great-Grandfather was an ordained…
Time for Gratitude: May 9th, 2016
Today I'm grateful for the sound of the red breasted finch right outside my window at work. He sits on the windowsill and sings. And as I hear him, I simply feel the stress upon my shoulders leave. Grateful for the reminder of such beauty.
Time for an Update: Tea Behind the Bushes
Sometimes things happen that I just don't understand. Sue let us know today about the passing of Abigael. A wonderful little girl we met while in Kenya. I wrote about her in September of 2014 in Tea Behind the Bushes. Abigael became sick with mumps early this week. When she was transported into intensive care, she…
Time for Gratitude: April 21, 2016
Today I'm grateful for soft, freshly baked cookies.
Time for Gratitude: April 10, 2016
Today I'm grateful for friendship. Well, more than simple friendship- but lifelong friendship. I'm grateful for the love of a friend who accepts me in my quiet, in my crazy, in my lazy, and in my frenzy. I'm grateful for knowing that friend provides unconditional love in all moments. I'm grateful for a friend…
Time for Gratitude: March 31, 2016
Today I'm grateful for the sound of Pacific Tree Frogs that sing outside my home. There's something so comforting about falling asleep to the sound of frogs singing.
Time for Gratitude: March 29, 2016
Today I'm grateful for my Dad and Sue's dog, Josie. Dogs always make me smile. I was driving home the other evening feeling blue and I saw a dog with his head out the window and just living life to its fullest. It was a reminder to me that I need to spend a little…
Time for Gratitude: March 24, 2016
Today I'm grateful for sun breaks. I really don't mind the rain. It's refreshing and makes me feel at home. But on the days when it's drizzling or dumping rain nonstop- and the rain slows down and the clouds open to reveal the beautiful blue sky- it's a break, a pause, a stop in the…
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