Building a bridge of trust with planks of thanks...

I do believe Ann has it right.

Gratitude is the building material of which trust is built.

Over five years of counting God's blessings in my life and my testimony is that it has been a life-changing practice.

I see clearly now His very evident hand in my everyday life.

I see His daily faithfulness and trustworthiness.

And I am so very grateful.

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Since 2009 I've been counting my blessings thanks to the prompting of Ann Voskamp.

 I continue to count my thanks

piling up gratitude day by day

in my little green journal.

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

#5824-#5848

2-23-15-

-going to pick up youngest granddaughter from her little friend's house 

and finding them both in a foot deep hole that they dug in the flowerbed

-giving her a bubble bath and buying her a clean clearance sale outfit to wear til Mama gets home

-Papa watching "Ratatouille" with her so I could go on my run

-a piggy back ride on Papa's shoulders

-taking her home and having dinner there at our oldest daughter's house

2-24-15-

-helping in my granddaughter's kindergarten class and her so happy when I do

-this beautiful day

-the hub's going to Costco for me and bringing home the fixings for my favorite quick and easy meal 

(roasted chicken, goat cheese, baguette, grapes)

2-25-15-

-getting a handle on filing and discarding an over full email inbox

-hot coffee and crispy toast smeared with goat cheese and raspberry jam for breakfast

-my daughter's wedding dress is finished!

2-26-15-

-my friend's double hip replacement surgery was a success

-a great evening at our church's prayer and worship night

2-27-15-

-my hub's birthday

-a good "date day" with him

-a fun birthday dinner out with our whole family, two nephews, one niece-in-law, a great niece and great nephew, and our Truelife Espanol pastor and his wife and baby girl

2-28-15-

-another beautiful spring like day

-watching youngest grandson for the afternoon

-taking him on a nice long walk in his stroller

3-1-15-

-it's March!

-wonderful worship, word and presence of God at church today

-lunch by the river

-the Columbia River full of sailboats

-Mt. Hood in the distance

-flowers from my friend at church

gratefully yours,