Things I Love

Things will happen from day to day that make me stop and be thankful. Little things really, but they tend to catch me off guard and make me stop to think about how grateful I am. I think it's because I've been learning a lot lately about how much we have as Americans in comparison to the rest of the world - it's made me more reflective on what's really important. Here's a few things I've jotted down that I simply love and am grateful for:

1) I love how Meredith and Berkley inevitably end up in the same corner in the evenings just before bed, stacking blocks and speaking their little jibber jabber to one another.

2) I love how Meredith is a little quirky; she doesn't like specks of things... she freaks out about specks. For example, in our bathtub there is a tiny stain that's been there since we've been in this house. She's bathed in that tub so many times, but has just recently noticed this stain, a speck. Now she freaks out every time she's in tub, looking in dismay at this stain. I know, I shouldn't find humor in my child's misguided fear, but you should see how she looks at this speck in the water. She's a funny little thing and I love it! ( Just to reassure you, I don't laugh at her when she's in the tub, I comfort her and I'm working with her to understand that it won't hurt her).

3) I love washing machines and dryers.

4) I love Berkley's eyes when he says the word cookie:)

5) I love that Berkley loves to hear me genuinely laugh. His eyes light up when I'm laughing hard and he starts to laugh.

6) I love how Meredith will turn her head away and pretend she's not paying attention to me when she wants me to tickle or play a game with her - she plays coy.

7) I love how Meredith wants to be a big girl and hold onto the handrail, which is a tad too tall for her, while going up the stairs instead of crawling up them.

8) I love that I enjoy time with my parents and in-laws.

9) I love how when trying to find Meredith's bears to take upstairs with her at naptime, I found them sitting side by side in the "naughty spot," the corner where Meredith and Berkley have to sit for time outs. I guess they had been misbehaving.

10) I love that while I was fixing lunch today I could hear Meredith and Berkley laughing hysterically at each other. I didn't peep my head into the living room to see what they were laughing at because I knew it would spoil the moment, I just enjoyed hearing them have fun with each other.

11) I love that I can learn lessons about Christmas from a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

12) I love singing Christmas carols to my children.

13) I love how God answers prayers.

James 1:17
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

14) I love that God doesn't change, even when the world can seem chaotic and you question whether or not things are good. He is steady and unshifting, even when I and the rest of the world are not.