I am standing in my warm kitchen with my hubby and three kids. Caitlyn in playing with play dough. Sue and Daddy are making salads and Patrice is watching all the activity while playing with a toy.
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| Caitlyn couldn’t be left out of the salad fun! |
We are blessed beyond measure. We have food, clothing, our needs are met. Do we wish we had more? Yes. Do we have needs that we wish were more met? Yes. But all in all, we are very, very blessed.
This is a knowledge we need to pass on to our children. I wonder often how to do this. Christmas gives us so many opportunities, but what will the understand, what will they grasp?
Over the last many years, I have gotten involved in Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child by packing shoe boxes for them to give to children all over the world. This year it is time to have the girls help me pack the boxes. I am going to take them to the dollar store to pick out items to go in a box. I want each of the girls, well okay, Caitlyn and Sue, to do one and pray for the child who will open the treasure box. And this is the week.
This is National Collection Week. Won’t you consider getting involved? You can search for a collection point, suggested items to give and all necessary instructions on Samaritan’s Purse.
So thankful for:
226. love in my kitchen
227. coziness and warmth as fall settles in
228. support and encouragement of my husband
229. amazing generosity of my family to my girls
230. accessibility to health care
231, abundance allowing me to give gifts
232. possibilities
233. listening to my hubby teach my girls
234. days off work
235. piles of laundry to be folded because it means we have clothes to wear
For what are you thankful?
This attitude of gratitude also works in well with this weeks Self Care Challenge. It is to find 3 three things every morning you are thankful for, and doing the same every evening. Head over to Real Mom Experts.
