"What are you thankful for today?" is one of the questions I often ask my kids on the drive to or from school. It's amazing how easy it is to go through a day without thanking God for the gifts He's so graciously provided.
So here's my list today:
1. Laughter: pee your pants, belly hurts kinda laughter. The kind you don't necessarily get everyday but wish you did.
2. My kiddos: Cam, P-Man, and Charley...
3. God's Creation: I'm lovin this NO HUMIDITY stuff where the sun still shines and bakes its rays into your skin, where the butterflies still dance from one leaf to the next, but when the wind blows, it also cools you--sends a chill from the outside in that beckons fall to come and stay awhile.
Summer's humidity was a constant reminder of my limitations. There were days I didn't even want to move or where I simply could not bear to take the kids outside. And so I am thankful today for Ohio, and the fall, and pumpkins, and even for the reminder that just like Creation, we are in the grip of our Father's hands. As he beckons in the new season outside, may he also call forth new growth inside of me.