we'll start at the very beginning- a very good place to start...

Anyone know what song/musical that title comes from? Answer at the end of the post :)

So here goes- my trek into cultivating thankfulness. Sure I think throughout my day "wow, that was really great. Thanks God!" or "oh, thank you Jesus, what a blessing. You are good to me!". But sometimes these thoughts are so fleeting.
I'd like to record some. Lots of them. If sometimes that results in a whole blog post just on a great new dessert recipe (TOTALLY thankful for sweets, aren't you?!) or pictures of a trip I go on or a new tradition my husband and I start, or time with friends- then so be it, because these are all great blessings that came only from the Lord.

so in no particular order- my list begins.

Praise the Lord for His blessings today!
1. A sweet kindergartner to climb up in my lap at the end of a school day.

2. softly falling misty rain- gentle and cool

3. the ease of chicken quesadillas- a favorite easy dinner that we use when we don't have time to make something else. Praise God for such good food provided for us!

4. Seminary Wives Institute- the joy and privilege it is to get to attend classes and sit under great teachers in many topics, in preparation to be a minister's wife- Lord willing.

5. Visiting with an old friend

6. A husband diligently studying Greek

7. Muddy paw prints on the floor because it means I have an active, fun puppy

8. A new friend at my new job

9. Free Libraries- I am SO thankful for the idea that we can borrow books for free!

10. Books in general!

11. While we're on the topic, literacy. I am thankful that I can read, and can read the WORD. God's Word to us.

12. our home church who blessed us abundantly last weekend when we were home visiting

13. Hot tea on cold mornings, drinking it while its still dark out!

14. Each deaf child who I work with unique way of saying "Ms. Ashley"- i love those sweet, precious voices


P.S.- the title of this blog post is from The Sound of Music "We'll start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. When you read you begin with ABC. When you sing you begin with Do, Re, Mi."

15. I am so thankful for musicals!