Children's Librarians

 

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 189: Today, I am grateful for children's librarians.

Children's librarians are often the game changers in the quest to teach children the love of reading. I love books and am blessed to call several librarians close friends, two family, and one a Daughter-in-Love. Today is Miss Emma's birthday!

Her love for reading is contagious. In a library there is something for everyone's reading diet and she loves to spark enthusiasm in young readers.

She blesses our community and our family every day. She can be gentle or fierce... as needed. She always makes us smile.

“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” -Proverbs 31:5

Today, I am grateful for children's librarians... especially Emma.

Favorite Shops

 

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 188: Today, I am grateful for favorite shops.

I love Sutton's Bay, MI. It was so much fun visiting the Old Mission Peninsula on the 4th of July with some of our Michigan family. These cute little dragons keep me coming back. They have the sweetest faces. There are amazing glass items, too.

We have been enough that we know the shops we want to visit and then we try something new, too.

Today, I am grateful for favorite shops.

Rhubarb

 

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 187: Today, I am grateful for rhubarb.

One of the joys of the summer harvest is rhubarb. There are delicious things you can make with it from pie to ice cream sauce. Still fighting technology.

Another simple post.

Today, I am grateful for rhubarb.

Making Memories

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 186: Today, I am grateful for making memories. 

I am so grateful for the gift of shared time and space. The Love of my Life grew up in a place where many people vacation. He still has siblings and extended family in Traverse City, Kingsley, and Interlochen. I forget how beautiful Michigan is in the summertime. 

Making memories with intention means pausing to take the pictures. In time, it is the pictures that help us remember. (And… I am fighting technology tonight… so I will add pictures later.)

Today, I am grateful for making memories.

250 Years

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 184: Today, I am grateful for 250 years.

I could write for days on my gratitude for this beautiful land. Most of my family on both sides came with nothing but hopes and dreams for land and a better life. A few came with nothing more than courage and determination.

Many were patriots and supporters of the cause of freedom. The days were long and the work was hard.

When the time came to declare independence… the risk of death for treason was real. They labored over the founding documents to ensure a strong union.

Not perfect but still the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Today, I am grateful for 250 years.

Outdoor Living

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 184: Today, I am grateful for outdoor living.

I am not a camper, but I enjoy time outside.

Feeling blessed!

Today, I am grateful for outdoor living.

 

Extra Time

 

Daily Gratitude Year 14-Day 183: Today, I am grateful for little extra time. 

With the holiday falling on the weekend… many are still savoring the extra time off. How perfect for our 250th Anniversary of the USA!!!🇺🇸 

How many different languages came and merged into an English that is no longer the queen’s English? One of my favorite games is trying to figure out where people are from across this grand country. Genealogy research has made me think about it more. Regional and local accents likely go back to who settled there together. 

Enjoy your extra time this weekend… wherever you find it. 

Today, I am grateful for little extra time.