Month of Gratitude

5 Nov.

gripe - "I am fed up with my children's arguing!"

Hmm . . . I really am, but NOPE!  I am grateful for teaching moments when I can learn to help my children learn to communicate feelings of hurt or frustration, and to love someone even when they may not always see things the same way.  I am also grateful they have each other with whom they can learn to sincerely apologize and forgive.  I love to see my children trying to work things out! 

Month of Gratitude

4 Nov.

gripe - "I hate the way I look!"

NOPE!  I am grateful for my body!  It has done and continues to do amazing things.  It has grown from a tiny 7-pound infant to a fully grown woman.  It has walked me through breathtaking places from the corn fields of northern Illinois to the mountaintops of the Swiss Alps.  It has danced on stages with my friends, and around my living room with my children.  It has grown, given birth to, and fed six perfect and precious babies.  With it, I have held the people I love, comforted people in pain, and served people in need.  It has allowed me to sing and sing and sing.  What an incredible gift.  I love my body!

This is me, 34 weeks preggers
with babies 3 & 4.