Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thankful today for the small and for the big

  • The beautiful produce that I've just restocked our pantry with.

 


 


  • Dancing with the stars, which has started their 12th season this week.  (The children and I watch it on abc.com).
  • Our local farmer's market, which opens for the season in less than two weeks (plug the term "farmers market + your city" into a search engine to find out when yours will be opening this year).
  • Open windows and fresh breezy air cooling our house in these early days of spring.
  • This kerchief I knit last weekend, which is the perfect cure for a bad hair day (details on my Ravelry project page).



  • A community of local friends to share and enjoy life with; the good times and the bad.
  • Four beautiful and healthy children, and a faithful husband who loves me.

With all of the stories and images of tragedy and loss coming out of Japan right now, I am more aware than ever that I don't deserve all of the beautiful things that I have, the precious family I call my own, this solid house I live in, my soft bed, the clean water we drink and bathe with.  I feel helpless to really make a difference; I cannot physically pull all of the suffering children out of that country and shelter them -- I cannot feed a country.  What I can do is notice and appreciate the beauty and the joy I have around me, and be thankful.  Infinately thankful.

3 comments:

Jenny_Phillips said...

Great Post!

a.susie said...

Great post. Gorgeous produce! I can't wait for our local markets to open! And...you could feel free to knit your aunt one of those kerchiefs ANYtime. ;-)

Brittany Arlitt said...

Love this post, it's a great reminder!! Thanks!