50 Things I am Thankful For...

See if you can think of 50 things to be thankful for. . .

1. Life, the very breath that enters my body each day

2. Faith and hope

3. That dear gentle man that I share my life with, with love as fresh and new as the day we married.

4. Melissa

5. Melanie
6. Steven

7. The grandbabies

8. Our children in laws and the joy and happiness they bring our children

9. my sisters

10. friendships

11. Good health and vigor, a blessing beyond words

12. The wood stove on this cold morning

13. A home that I love

14. NO debt, not even our home

15. No drama in my life

16. How good my business is going

17. The computer, for how close it keeps me with friends and family

18. The written word

19. Fall leaves so full of color

20. Snow

21. Holiday preparations, for they are signs of relationships and get togethers

22. For not feeling lonely

23. For a splendid childhood

24. For having my grandmother in our home growing up

25. Milk Goats

26. Finding eggs each day in the nesting boxes

27. The scents of Christmas

28. Our feather bed

29. That I don't want much

30. For teachers that inspired me

31. For roses, their color, their scent

32. Herbs that heal

33. A cup of tea with a friend

34. Music

35. Quiet evenings by lamplight

36 That we homeschooled from our children's beginnings

37. Gray hair, Proverbs 16:31 says Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life. (not so sure I am righteous but trying )

38. Laughter

39. Tenderness

40. Wool socks

41. Flannel slips

42. Sunshine

43. Long drives in the countryside

44. Coffee

45. My camera

46. The way winter feels

47. A huge wood pile

48. Silence

49. The smell of hay

50. optimism

I can think of so many more things and my list is in no particular order.

Pictures from my morning walk around the place,

smoke from the chimney against a bright blue sky

Leaves on the red oak tree

Juniper berries

sunshine and shadows