Every night, my family sits down to dinner. And we say grace. I used to close my eyes in solemn prayer, but recently I've been keeping my eyes open, purposefully looking at the people that make up my life and pausing, just for a moment, on each of them in a silent blessing of acknowledgement and gratefulness. We wiggle our eyebrows at each other, wink, and sometimes even smile. I go around the table, one by one. And by the time the prayer is over, I let myself be reminded of what's … [Read more...] about Why We Gather: A Thanksgiving Challenge
thanksgiving
but everyone is doing it
I hate bandwagons. But I'm jumping on to talk about being thankful. This all started because of a second grade homework assignment. Well not, all started, I'm sure you know that it all started with the Pilgrims and the Native Americans. But anyway, there's this homework assignment about being thankful, and my son writes - I am thankful for my life. And of course I'm beaming. Just over the moon, because he gets it. He gets what it is really all about. This big, beautiful life that is our … [Read more...] about but everyone is doing it
three things i’m grateful for: myself edition
I'm trying to beat everyone else to the punch and get my gratitude post in well before Thanksgiving. Before we're too bogged down with stuffing recipes and crafty place tags and Black Friday ads and gratitude becomes a forced discussion around the dinner table where my kids say things like "I'm grateful for Clash of Clans." Gratitude is more than saying thank you. It's a deep appreciation for what you have. And often we look externally - to our relationships and the people in our life that … [Read more...] about three things i’m grateful for: myself edition