Finding joy and counting gifts

Time passes by with a flurry of activity and the past couple of weeks have had their own pressures. Seeking out and counting gifts daily helps me to slow down, even if only in my mind. A time to pause and find the good and perfect gifts within each day, no matter what else the day may have brought...

Day 19

1302) plan B for today...school from my bed as I was not feeling well but thankful that we still got some work done

1303) gift of strawberry runners from a friend

1304) gift of a "brand spanking new out the box" vacuum cleaner from our incredible neighbours and an outside security light

1305) gift of a bag of ripe granadillas from my sister's kind mom in law

Day 20

gifts at

1306) breakfast...forgiveness from my sweet girl after I had blown it last night

1307) lunch...new gate motor installed and working better than the one that was recently stolen

 and security light installed by our neighbour this afternoon

1308) dinner...oldest son cooking again tonight

Day 21

1309) our neighbour kindly lifting us out to Gordons Bay to fetch Jambo....



.....our beautiful rescue pup

1310) pancakes at lunch enjoyed with granadilla butter and a table full of friends and family

1311) seeing my sweet baby nephew, him swimming with cousins and gobbling ripe tomatoes from the garden

Day 22

1312) a gift that changed today... His timing

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1313) coffee with a friend and a visit to Little Stream....a little piece of heaven on earth

Day 23

1314) His strength not mine

Day 24

1315) church this morning with the family.... precious message

1316) prayers of agreement 

1317) hubby cooking today

1318) sweet baby sleeping next to me tonight 

Day 25

1319) unexpected lifts for kids

Day 26

1320) picnic dinner in the park with friends and Shakespeare open air theatre tonight....

 good to laugh and enjoy time with family

Day 27

 a crazy day full of blessings....

1321) coffee with my cousin and his wife

1322) kindness extended by an acquaintance who offered my daughter a lift

1323) paving around our pool finally being seen to

1324) a friend arriving unexpectedly to walk our dog

1325) meeting and making new friend

1326) a house full of youngsters from church here for the evening

1327) thankful my neighbour helped me log onto her internet when ours was down

Day 28

a gift from the past that enables me to trust the future...

1328) His unwavering faithfulness no matter what

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1329) thankful for chats with my far away big sister

1330) thankful for a welcome escape from the week's pressure: 

enjoying the carnival with family and friends tonight and eating good Dutch food!
1331) overhearing my eldest comment that he feels privileged to have been home educated

March

Day 1

1332) school outing with all my kids this morning

1333) a new perspective and hope

Day 2

1334) quiet time on my own after a topsy turvy week

1335) gift of a new collar for our dog

1336) hubby making supper tonight

Day 3

1337) wandering about with my daughter, enjoying art on display and seeing my dad

1338) sweet baby nephew here for the evening, new words constantly, kisses and cuddles from him

1339) call from my farm sister

Day 4

1340) thankful for relief from today's intense heat....
sitting with my feet in the neighbour's pool as my youngest and his baby cousin swam together
1341) thankful for shared dinner with neighbours and family