I sit here today with a pounding head and no voice, but I’m ok with that. We had planned a trip to Disneyland that we did not intend to miss. Leila had been sick on and off for two weeks but recovered enough to enjoy yesterday. I caught the latest bug, but with some help from Extra Strength Tylenol and a lot of adrenaline, I was able to have fun…
When I started Project 365 Thanks, I knew that there would be days where feeling thankful wouldn’t necessarily be easy. I also knew that those would be the most important days to remember to give thanks. This is what I wrote in that first post: “Sometimes it’s easy to be thankful, but many times it’s hard. When the kids are screaming, the dishes are piled high, and I have a…
Jeff and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this month. Such a big milestone has caused me to stop and reflect on the past ten years and of course the very beginning. What I really treasure about the first three years of our relationship is the stack of letters that I have from Jeff. You see, we were dating before email was something that you checked every day, and way…
Last week I mentioned that I wanted to start highlighting people and things that I am thankful for in my weekly posts. This week I want to introduce you all to someone that is very special to me. Someone who I am very thankful for. Her name is Nannie. Nannie is Jeff’s grandmother, and from the day we met, she asked me to call her Nannie just like her grandkids…
How was your week? I have been overjoyed to read all of your thankful tweets, facebook and blog posts this week. More than a few times, I heard you say that although you had a bad day, you were thankful to be brought back to a moment of gratitude through this project. That’s what it’s all about, don’t you think? It’s so easy to give thanks on the good days,…
I can’t even begin to tell you how blown away I am by the response to Project 365 Thanks so far. In only 5 days (as of writing this post), there have been over 200 thankful tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos and blog posts. You all are amazing! When I get on the computer and see the stream of thanks filling the screen, my heart feels full. I can only…
I was in the shower when I came up with the idea for Project 365 Thanks. Seriously, all of my best ideas come to me in there. Maybe I should shower more often, hmmmm… Anyways, I came up with the idea to give thanks for at least one thing every day for the year of 2012. The idea was inspired by reading the book 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp. Like her,…