God's good plan...

For three months second born daughter and her family have stayed with us while making arrangements to relocate back to this area.

Three years ago I mourned them moving across the country for a missions internship.

It was so hard for the Hubs and me to see those grand babies that we had always lived near move so far away.

Then last year, they went to Ghana for six months, and oh, how hard that was to have our grand babies on a whole other continent.

But I didn't know...

that when they were in South Carolina we would be able to see them two or three times a year,

that when they were in Ghana, the Hubs and I would spend two weeks there with them,

that three years later they would move back here and head up ministry trips to Ghana for our church.

Sometimes, I just have to laugh at myself for ever doubting God's good plan.

They moved into their own little house this weekend...
only twenty minutes from Nana's house.

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In 2012 I followed the prompts in Ann Voskamp's Joy Dare in counting my thanks.

In 2013 I'm going back to the way I did it in the beginning,
just noticing and recording the many extraordinary blessings in my ordinary life.

And so I continue to count my thanks

piling up gratitude day by day

in my little black journal.

(and capturing some of them via my camera or iPhone)

#2842-#2869

2/25/13-

-quiet time for Bible study

-a good run in spite of the rain

-God's in control, even when hurtful things happen

-oldest granddaughter reading Homer Price, one of my favorite books when I was her age

2/26/13

-discount on pods for our coffee machine and some of that good coffee in one of my favorite cups

-grocery shopping-God's daily provision

-baking the Hub's birthday cake

-the grandkids licking the beaters

2/27/13-

-the Hub's 56th birthday

-working on my Precept's study on Ruth

-four year old granddaughter's tap shoes from Papa

-our family gathered around the table for the Hub's birthday dinner

-facebook birthday wishes

2/28/13-

-God at work in ways I can't see

-my Bible study class

-our daughter's new home

 3/1/13-

-big hugs and kisses before school from the grandkids on their last day before moving into their own place

-a fun date day with the Hubs-dinner at one of our favorite middle eastern food restaurants

-a new Easter dress for 50% off

-our son-in-law's safe trip from South Carolina with the Uhaul

-finding "love notes" left behind by the grandkids

3/2/13-

-stopping by the kid's house to drop something off and seeing the kids so excited about their new bedrooms

-a friend's new grand baby

-a healthy dinner

3/3/13-

-God's Word

-lunch with friends

-getting something I procrastinated on done

Gratefully yours,