Children’s Book Review: Finding Grateful and It’s Your Time to Shine by Dianne White
Two books from Dianne White encourage kids to be grateful and remember that it's okay to be confident and courageous.
Read More Fourteen Years of Blogging
Thanks for joining me in the space in the last fourteen years of blogging.
Read More Book Review: 365 Thank Yous By John Kralik
365 THANK YOUS The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life By: John Kralik Published: December 28, 2010 Publisher: Hachette Books Non-Fiction I was perusing the Audible app looking for my next audiobook. I noticed this book as the Audible Daily Deal and decided it sounded good enough to give it a…
Read More Book Review: The Gratitude Diaries By Janice Kaplan
THE GRATITUDE DIARIES How a Year Looking on the Bring Side Can Transform Your Life By: Janice Kaplan Published: August 18, 2015 Publisher: Dutton Non-Fiction Can choosing gratitude really change how you live your life? Janice Kaplan thinks so. Over the course of a year, Kaplan decided to change her thinking and rather than choosing…
Read More Review: Grace of Gratitude Journal By Deborah Purdue
GRACE OF GRATITUDE JOURNAL By: Deborah Purdue Illustrated By: Tara Thelen Published: October 1, 2012 Publisher: Applegate Valley Publishing Several years ago I started keeping a Gratitude Journal, but like most new habits, it was easily pushed aside once life got busy. I tried to write down 5-10 things I was grateful for every evening.…
Read More Giving Thanks
Today, as you fill your bellies, laugh with family, receive hugs and kisses, snuggle under a blanket, and catch some extra sleep give thanks for health, happiness, and unconditional love because that is really, truly all that we need. Happy Thanksgiving!
Read More I’m Grateful Today
I’m in a grateful mood today. How about you? It’s a beautiful day in Eastern Iowa. I was able to sleep in a bit this morning and enjoy laying in bed a little longer than normal. But, mostly, I’m grateful that Bennett is on the mend. This is not a sight you want to see.…
Read More Grateful Hearts
Photo courtesy of CountryLiving.comPrayer from LIFE:Beautiful Magazine Summer 2013 Dear Lord, Bless this food to our bodies and our bodies to Your service. Give us grateful hearts and make us mindful of the needs of others as we share Your Word. Amen.
Read More One Thousand of My Gifts
photo courtesy of Ann Voskamp www.aholyexperience.com Continuing my count of one thousand gifts, numbering each one. 53. Tears of grief and so much love 54. Crisp, clean sheets 55. Heavy down comforter pulled up to my chin 56. Sparkling trees in the morning sun 57. My mom’s chicken and dumplings 58. Mother/Daughter time…when I’m the…
Read More One Thousand of My Gifts
photo courtesy Ann Voskamp www.aholyexperience.com Continuing my count of one thousand gifts, numbering each one. 48. A true day of rest 49. Healthy children 50. Gently falling snow 51. Electric Mattress Pad for a warm bed 52. Singing “Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling” in church, a favorite
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