Thankful Thursday

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same"  Anne Frank

The week hasn't been very exciting. I spent most of it writing. I'm up to 27,000 words and now just want to get it done and over with. Writing this amazing story has opened up a different culture and a lifestyle different than anything I've known. Yet the similarities outweigh any differences and reminds me how much the same we all are. I'm grateful for.....

-my friend's wife reading what I have to date and telling me it gave her chills...that she couldn't stop turning the pages. I love that.
-an older friend whose expertise has opened up doors that I couldn't have opened had it not been for her.
-People. They're what really matters. Things break, get used up, and are eventually pushed aside. People live on even when they're no longer alive.
-sometimes I look at strangers and they look familiar....like I've met them before...seen them somewhere even though I never have. It reminds me of our connection to each other.....
-relationships.....the best one is with Him. He centres me. Guides me. Shows me the value in me and in every person I meet. 

Thankful Thursday

The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.
Barbara DeAngelis

Living is an adventure..... life for me today is all about having choices.....going new places...meeting fun people.....touching the world....living with excitement.  There's so many things I'm grateful for...things like..

-Showing up at a friend's place and finding them exhausted, stressed and in need of help.  They're in the process of moving and the movers forgot to take a bunch of things. We jumped in to help and loved that we could. It was great for them and us.
-It's decided....this spring we're heading to Europe...London, Paris... Switzerland and Holland. Yeahhhh. 
-Sold a bunch more books....I always think the book is done...that it's run it's course and then boom....another bunch of sales. 
-reaching out....making a difference and meeting so many new friends. Funny how life feels like a deep breath in......then slowly out.....and in again.....and out..... ☺
-Love....who knew that His love would be this incredible.....this amazing....and this freeing. Who knew that His love would fill all those empty spaces and places inside and make me want to fly. Who knew that love...His love would be the best thing ever to happen in my world. 

Linking with Cami at First Day of My Life

Thankful Thursday

“But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Is it so awful to nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?” Elizabeth Gilbert 

I just love love love these holiday weeks. They're so laid back. We go to bed whenever we feel like it...wake up any time we want....no rush...no nothing. A few more days of this before we have to get back into routines....back to normal living. But for now I'm loving every minute of it and am grateful for....

-The wonderful laid back easy life with no pressures, no programs, no rush.
-Get togethers with friends to watch movies, chat like crazy, and 'ouch' - eat more. I'm starting to feel chunky from all the home baked cookies, snacks and treats.
-Ice cold temps means no hiking in the woods so we bought a treadmill. I love hopping on it and blasting music so loud the kids dash downstairs to dance while I run.
-Instead of the kids waking me up early...I get to tiptoe in their rooms and pounce on them...love their groans and giggle fits. 
-Mostly His presence in my life.  He's there...always...in my corner....and makes life one awesome amazing adventure. There are already some things in the works for this year....ways to shine His Light....ways to give hope. Will write more as they happen. Thankful Thursday...thankful everyday.....all b/c of Him who turned turned my world upside down and made it the best.