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April 6, 2013
Ten very random things I am thankful for:

1. Remembering that I saw buds on my lilac shrubbery yesterday

2. Acknowledging and being able to take a week off of work (tentatively the week of April 28th)

3. My washer and dryer - Because back in the day, I would've had to haul my laundry down to the river and wash it.

4. My eyesight...being able to look outside, although a gray and dreary day, I can view God's handiwork.  The trees, the grass beginning to turn spring green, and did I mention the buds on my lilac shrubbery?  :)

5. My Sunday school kids.  My new teaching-helper which will allow me to go to grown-up Sunday school every-other-month!!!

6. Pictures.  Memories made and new memories.

7. Coffee.

8. Change.  I've been praying about a particular hat I've worn for 7.5 years and God has showed me, through my best friend, that perhaps it's time to pass this hat along to someone else.

9. The weekend.  I no longer feel guilty for enjoying what I formerly would've negatively labeled as a "Lazy Saturday."  Our bodies, minds, and spirits (souls) need down-time.  Time to refresh ourselves.  Jesus said to love others as we love ourselves.  We are to take care of our body, our mind, and our souls before we can love others.  It's not selfish...it's loving.  Don't fill up your car with gas -- what happens?  Your engine stops.  The same is true with our bodies.  When we aren't filled, we cannot give to others. 

10. The changing of the seasons.  Can you even imagine if we lived closer to the Equator and it was always warm and humid?  Or if we lived adjacent to the frozen tundra (and no, I am not referring to the month of March!)?  Seasons change.  Life changes.  The seasons change...from cold winter to the first hints of spring...then summer...and fall...and then like a merry-go-round, we begin again.