Grateful for Enough to Share

My niece shared this fun advent calendar on Facebook today:

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Isn't it wonderful to have enough to share with others?

Gratitude for Comfy Warm Slippers and Blankets

I love my comfy warm slippers and Sherpa fleece blankets and use them to snuggle up during the long winter months every single year.  Yes, it's that time of year again, and I have a nice new pair of slippers thank's to DD4's recent generous birthday gift.  It was just in time, cause my old ones have been pretty well worn out!  Add a cup of hot cocoa and I'm truly a happy camper!

Grateful to be Grateful

O Remember, Remember

This talk from 2009 has inspired me to try and be more grateful each day for many years.  

I never have gotten to the point where I remember to write every day, 

But it has become a tradition for me to try and do so each day in November.  

April is blogging from A to Z, and November is blogging about gratitude. 

 I start with a simple idea on Facebook or in my personal journal.  

It may take a day or two for the thoughts to reach the blog, but I'm trying to keep a record.  

How have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch my life today?

Gratitude for Books and Scriptures

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I am so very grateful for books!!  I have always had access to a wide variety of reading materials.  I had a mother who loved to read and who read to me often, and allowed me to read perhaps more than she should have.  I usually have quite a stack of library books on the nightstands and the floor next to my bed, and often have several tucked in with me!  I don't have quite as much time for leisure reading these days as I once did, but try to find time to read for at least a few minutes every morning and every evening before going to sleep.  I especially love to start my day by reading from the scriptures for 30 minutes or so before rousting myself out of bed to face the world.  In our children's primary class a week ago we had the chance to discuss how blessed we are to have access to scriptures in our homes.  In old testament times, the few copies of the handwritten scriptures that were available to the people were kept in the temple or the tabernacle, and often only the priests would have access to read them.  In the time of the prophet Ezra, the priests brought the scriptures out of the temple and read them aloud to the people in the streets, and they were overjoyed to be able to hear the word of the Lord.  Today anyone who would like to read from the scriptures has such ready access to them!  Books are fairly inexpensive and so many are available for free to download onto your computer or phone or other device.  What a blessing for the world today!!

Gratitude for Morning Light and Heat

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I'm grateful that the sun rises each and every morning to provide us with another day of light and heat.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  And God saw the light, that it was good:  and God divided the light from the darkness.  And God called the light Day, and the darkeness he called night.  And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:3-5

Gratitude for Jesus Christ

I'm grateful for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

"Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me."

Mosiah 26:30

The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ

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Gratitude for Siblings

I'm grateful for my siblings!!  This photo is over 40 years old, and our dear parents have now passed from this mortal existence, but we are still a family.  We may not gather together quite as often as we have in the past as we each have our own families, jobs, homes, and other responsibilities and live in several different states, but we do try to connect several times during the year, and this past June were able to spend a few days all together at my Dear Sister 2's home.  She was the perfect hostess and we enjoyed the time to relax and play and connect like we haven't done together as siblings for years.  I love them all!!