Gratituding...

It was another busy week. (And next week will be even busier with parent-teacher conferences)  There were a lot of sad things this week (friends facing loss) that I could easily allow to consume me.  But even in the hard times, I must remember He is faithful.  There is much to be grateful for.

Things like...

• a husband who fills my car up with gas
• a chilled Ghirardelli dark chocolate square with sea salt caramel filling
• a friend who checks in on me
• a glass full of cold water
• laughter among friends
• getting seated at a restaurant much earlier than expected
• an evening out with my family
• a salted caramel cupcake
• a handwritten thank you for a dear friend
• Souper Bowl lunch with my colleagues
• lesson plans turned in early
• a cross country/track coach who encourages yet challenges my child
• a fluffy dachshund blanket on a cold night
• the weekend
• a car that lets me in on the busy interstate
• dress shopping with my daughter (and agreeing on a dress!)
• baked potato soup in a bread bowl on a cold night
• coming home to find my husband and youngest child watching Star Wars together
• dress shoes on sale
• a day of rest
• Razorback red
• watching the snow fall from the sky
• Super Bowl Sunday with my family
• watching my youngest speak loud and clear during his school performance
• a happy half-birthday wish from my sister
• friends who open up their hearts and homes to foster
• safe travels
• hitting 10,000 steps for the day
• an organized pantry
• former students who remember me
• sharing parenting struggles with my sister
• the brightness of a full moon
• reading a testimony that glorifies God, even in the sadness
• a sweet e-mail from the mother of a student
• thirty minute faculty meetings
• a good medical report for a good friend
• group text messages (with my "team")
• listening to my youngest read to me
• snow covered bushes
• cooking with my daughter
• a warm house on a cold day
• the prayers of our children

So...

What are you grateful for this week?

Reba