Tag: threads of gratitude

Threads of Gratitude: Family Quilt Edition

This week we celebrated my brother’s birthday.  And sure, there are lots of stories I could tell…but I won’t.  I’ll spare him the public humiliation. But as I reflect on what I’m grateful for this week, I would have to say I’m grateful for those stories.  Each one, like the pieces of a quilt, represents… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Family Quilt Edition

Threads of Gratitude: American Flag edition

This week has been nuts.  Completely nuts.  I feel like a whirling dervish, scurrying from one activity to another, and yet, despite the frenzy I am not totally worn out.  Yet. One of the things that has got me so wired is the upcoming Blue & Gold banquet for Cub Scouts.  This is the annual… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: American Flag edition

Threads of Gratitude: “Sew” Grateful

You know what?  I’m really blessed. I’m blessed with a wonderful family.  A family that makes me laugh, cry, and pull my hair out.  A family that keeps me on my toes and grounds me to this earth.  A family that makes my life crazy and keeps me sane.  I couldn’t live  without ’em and… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: “Sew” Grateful

Threads of Gratitude: New Jeans Edition

Today, I am grateful for new jeans. You see, these aren’t just any new jeans.  These were way-down-on-sale jeans.  Like $10, originally $50.  These were also size 12 jeans.  That’s right.  Size 12.  As in two-sizes-smaller jeans, I-haven’t-worn-size-12-in-14-years jeans, I-was-barely-squeezing-into-size-16-jeans-in-August-but-couldn’t-bear-to-admit-I-was-a-size-18 jeans. To me, these jeans are more than just confirmation that yes, indeed, I HAVE… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: New Jeans Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Warm Woolen Mittens Edition

Yesterday we had a “snow day.”  I use that term loosely, because technically we did not have any snow.  We had ice, and really just a glazing of it.  Before all you northerners hurt yourselves laughing at us, let me remind you that nothing is more dangerous than being on an icy road with some… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Warm Woolen Mittens Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Lab Coat Edition

What can I say?  I know there’s a lot for me to be grateful for this week, but in my mind there’s really only one worth mentioning.  This week, I’m grateful for healing. I’m grateful for doctors who provide medicine and care to help sick people get well…people like my husband, who as of this… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Lab Coat Edition

Threads of Gratitude: Layers of Gratefulness

This crazy Texas weather, I tell ya! Saturday found us in t-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops.  Monday brought ice and freezing rain, warm winter coats and hats, mittens and gloves and warm woolen socks.  Yesterday saw a return to the 60’s with a cool breeze, just right for jeans and long sleeves with no jacket.  This… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Layers of Gratefulness

Threads of Gratitude: Christmas Stocking Edition

*  To be read to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas”* The first thing at Christmas that I am grateful for is a husband who loves me. The second thing at Christmas that I am grateful for is two awesome kids, and a husband who loves me. The third thing at Christmas that… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude: Christmas Stocking Edition

Threads of Gratitude – Wet Blanket edition

Yeah, it’s one of THOSE days. I’m grumpy.  I’m tired.  I’m worn out.  And now I gotta think of all the things I have to be grateful for.  I find myself feeling much like a preschooler whose parent is trying to coerce her into doing the thing she hates most: “I don’t want to!”  *crossing… Continue reading Threads of Gratitude – Wet Blanket edition