February 9, 2012
We could all easily name 25 things right now to put on our thankful list. The items would all be similar....shelter, food, loved ones, health. So on some days I pray to see all and rejoice in all. To truly offer heartcries of thanksgiving for things assumed. Small things that bring me to humble gratitude. For instance, my children read. If you stop to think about what the mind has to do first to speak a language then to write that language and then to read that language, it is a miracle; especially for Jack. He would definitely be medicated in a regular classroom. Math is often him on a bouncy ball saying, "6 plus 3....6 plus 3....hmmmmm....wait! don't say it....6 plus 3..(long pause of bouncing and staring at the heavens for help)...got it! 9!...(drop pencil or scratch eye or notice a fly on the wall)....what was I doing?...oh yeah, 6 plus 3....hmmmm...6 plus 3..." So I rejoice when no one is permanently injured during the mathematical process in Sampson Hall. When I glanced up today and saw him voluntarily reading during a break in school, my heart was happy. Of course, it's Star Wars and I considered swapping R2D2 out for Hamlet before I snapped the picture, but I'll just rejoice with the moment given me. Here are some of the other small gifts of gratitude that hide under the food, shelter, loved ones and health.
Speaking thousands of words with my husband by one simple shared smile
One little peanut M&M saved and brought to me in pocket from sweet Annabeth
The bowed head and diligent tapping of Emma's pencil over those darn fractions
New highlights in hair from a friend
Unexpected sharing of hearts over coffee
An excited little voice counting down sleeps until his second "spend the night"
Sweet "luv u, good nite" texts from an upstairs room
Blankets piled high for snuggled-in warmth
Speaking those last sleepy thoughts of the day to a Savior who loves me beyond my understanding
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