Listing Gratitudes
Sure I could go on and on about the relentless dreary rainy cloudy weather. How every single blessed day this week has been rainy. How my hair has gone crazy with all the moisture in the air. How I long to feel some tiny bit of sunshine that lasts for the day. How I wake each morning, look out the window and let out a little sigh because it's raining again. But instead of focusing on something that I cannot control (although I'd like to!) I'm going to focus on gratitudes. For all the thunder and lightning snuggles I enjoy when Frodo is frightened during a storm. For eight years he was fearless and now as he ages he isn't thrilled with the noise so we snuggle. For these pockets of time when I drop whatever I'm doing to give him some moral support. For gardens that grow with all this rain. Every single plant that was bought off the clearance rack at Lowe's is thriving in our gardens. Maybe if it was sunny and dry we might forget to wa