Icy World Around Me

How thankful I am for the warmth of the wood stove, especially after doing my morning chores. Icy rain, sleet and frozen rain is falling from the pale gray sky, coating all that is around me with frozen water. Birds seek shelter in the trees, the cats snuggled up on the hay bales and the goats came out of their cozy barn only long enough to be fed.

My list of gratitude's this morning is long. Life is good !

For love

For joy

For peace of heart

For a calm life without much drama

For loving children that want to be part of our lives and we want them to be a part of ours

For the ease in which my daughters tell me they love me.

For how many times every day Emery tells me he loves me

For two wonderful sons in law and a wonderful daughter in law

For grandbabies

For beauty

For color

For hope

For hand holding

For dreams

For reaching goals and making more

For a warm house

For having all I need and then some

For learning about mindfulness

For a winter garden

For living with less fear every day

For loosing the desire to do things just to impress people

For being 54

For my gray hair

For understanding life better all the time

For not sweating the small stuff, and it is all small stuff

For living spherically and not being afraid to share that concept

For embracing my interests

For bird watching and hiking

For planning a future

For my camera

For coffee and conversation at the same time.

For kisses and hugs

For a romantic husband

For friends, old and new

For getting up enough nerve to enter into a new phase of life, and a new look.

For good health

For the beauty found in each season