“One Thousand” Day
Although you may not know it–
today is a holiday.
This day–March 31, 2011 marks my 1000th post on Gracious Rain.
That, my friends is a lot of writing.
In the time it has taken to write those 1000 posts we have had 1,391,123 total views.
That, my friends is a lot of reading.
To thank you all for your kind attention over the years—we’ve decided that a giveaway is in order. But not just any giveaway— a One Thousand Day Giveaway!! No, no–not for the thousand dollar bill–but better! :}
The winner of this sweet little giveaway will receive:
1. “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare To Live Fully Right Where You Are” the best selling book by Ann Voskamp
2. “Candy Galore” 1000 piece puzzle by Springbok
3. 1000 pieces of something that I love—and I bet you’ll love them too. Trust me on this.
Now, then– all you have to do to enter this One Thousand Day giveaway is to tell us, in the comment section, something that you are thankful for. We’ll add each one to our Gratitude List and Quote Rotator.
Enter as often as you’d like–no limit! However–each entry must be a separate comment. Winner will be drawn next week on Friday, April 8 at 10:00 am.
Good luck my dah-lings and thanks so much for reading Gracious Rain.
We are grateful for you!
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Happy Birthday Jesse!
Happy Birthday Susette!
Happy Birthday Grandma!
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so thankful for the sweet encouraging words on Gracious Rain!
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thankful for ann voskamp and the way she tells of God’s love so faithfully.
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thankful for my husband and his Multiple Sclerosis…I don’t want to be thankful, but I am to be thankful in everything. there is a reason for his suffering. I just may not find out what it is on this earth.
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I am thankful for each of my sweet children, Ren, Muireann Grace, Reed and Aiden. They are precious to me.
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So very very grateful for my hands. They are how I show those around me how much I love them.
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I am so grateful for enduring friendships – and for those that still love me, even though they know all about me.
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Right now I’m keenly aware of the blessing it is to run up and down the stairs several times to get sleepy girls up, because in a few hours a certain Dr and I will meet in the OR and after he’s through with my ankle I won’t be able to do that for awhile.
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I am grateful for warm weather that is peeking it’s head around the corner.
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I am grateful for a warm and comfy house that keeps me safe from the outside world.
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I’m grateful for my family. They brighten my each and every day.
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Congratulations on 1000 posts! That’s quite the milestone. Hopefully, I’ll get there one of these days.
I am grateful for my family. They keep my life interesting and make it meaningful.
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Congratulations on hitting 1,000!!! That’s AWESOME!
I’m thankful for events, activities, holidays and celebrations to look forward too!
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We watched a documentary last night on polio, and suddenly I’m very, very grateful for my family’s good health and for modern medicine. Funny how I wasn’t thinking about that before.
Congrats on 1000 posts. That’s a lot of writing!
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I’m grateful for good people like you who are willing to share their sad times and their happy times and their talents with all of us.
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I’m also grateful for music that can touch the heart when nothing else can.
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I am thankful for knowing my North South East and West.
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I’m grateful for comfortable high heels. Some days you just need to get a little dressy, and it’s so much more fun when the shoes are cute AND comfy
As for the 1000th post… I am truly impressed and amazed. It really blows my mind at how much effort has gone into that. You’re the best! Keep it up, it’s definitely worth it!
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I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father who believes in giving us second chances.
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I am grateful for all the blessings that Heavenly Father pours out upon me each day.
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I am thankful for a lot of kind and loving children, nieces and nephews for all their assistance in moving us not once, but twice! From our old home to storage, then from Storage to our new home.
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I am grateful every day for a loving husband who puts up with me.
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I am grateful for a sister who doesn’t know me well, but who does wonderful things for everyone around her. She brightens my day.
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I’m thankful for my new daughter Elizabeth and the joy she brings into our lives.
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Congratulations on 1000 posts! What a journey! I am thankful for HypnoBirthing…that introduced me to YOU!
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I am thankful for the zoo–we had a great and beautiful outing with the kids today!
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I am thankful for safe missionaries in Japan and Thailand and all over the world!
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I am thankful for the joy my kids find in “coloring rocks!”
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I am thankful for internet and the ability to reach corners of the world with a mere click.
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I am thankful for snuggly babies and babies that suck their thumbs…it is so cute!
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I am thankful for yummy recipes that inspire me to cook and bake!
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I am thankful for faithful visiting teachers!
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I am thankful for whoever invented the combination of chocolate, nuts and caramel!
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I am thankful for beautiful music!
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I am thankful for bedtime stories and reading books to my kids!
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I am thankful for family and friends!
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I am thankful for the things my trials teach me.
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Grateful for technology that makes my long-distance relationship with my wonderful Swedish wife possible (and actually DOable!).
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I am thankful for my cute kids that keep me going :c).
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I am thankful for a vehicle to drive so that I don’t have to ride my bike in city traffic!
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I am thankful that I have a backyard to play in. Really, I could type ALL night :c).
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Unbelievable friends that rally with love in good times and hard times
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Thankful for dreams coming through… and always dreaming about something new
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I’m thankful that you are one of my oldest friends. And yes, we are old. But we are marvelous!!!
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I am grateful for my two girls that have brought my life a more meaningul existance.
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I am thankful for friends who stuck by me during the bad times!
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When I see my spring daffodils smiling at me each time I walk out my front door, I am so grateful for the beauty of the world God created for us to enjoy! Congrat’s on reaching 1000 posts! You are incredible!!!
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Congratulations!! You’ve ALWAYS got such fun posts, and do such fun things. Enjoy your happy day!
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Ok, now I read the instructions (I had just wanted to put a happy post, because I was excited for you!
) … I’m thankful for paint. Whether it’s the HUGE variety of paints and textures one can put on the walls of their house (think back to when there was ONLY ‘white wash’, and then even before when there was nothing!!) or paint that is used to capture moments in time on canvas, paint reminds me of the beauty around us. I look at spring and the buds on the branches and flowers in their beds, or look at the sunsets every night and think of the beauty of the ‘painting’ God has given us–and every one is unique, just like we as individuals are. Paint sure goes a long way in my book! 
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I’m thankful for the buds that are popping out once again on all the trees and the flowers pushing up through the ground.
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I’m thankful every day that my military son made it back safely from dangerous deployments.
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Even though I may be too young to be a grandma, or at least that’s what I tell myself
I am SOOO totally thankful for my 3 super grandkids.
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thankful for the weekend!
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Thankful for my sweet nieces and nephews…does love get any sweeter?
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thankful for the sun shining outside my window, making sun light rays across the living room
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thankful for two cars that run and rarely ever break down!
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thankful for yard sales that make money for missions trips
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thankful for YOUR great recipes that YOU post on Gracious Rain!
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thankful for a GOD who meets the needs that I have before I even ask HIM!
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I am thankful for good friends, who see you through the bad times and share the happy times.A few years ago I met a very special lady who has since become a very special friend and will be forever.Since coming to my life she has been a great tower of strength and every day I am thankful for the blessing of her and my other friends.
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I’m thankful for the ability to put food on the table and today I’m thankful that there are leftovers and all I have to do today is warm ‘em up and I don’t have to cook.
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I’m so grateful for my amazing husband who puts up with so much from me!!! Love him to bits
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I’m grateful to have three healthy amazing kids that are so patient and forgiving of our mistakes! Spending time with them is the best!
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I’m thankful to have a warm bed to climb into at night!
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I am very thankful that you have this blog that I can come to on a daily basis because I so enjoy it. I love the photos you post and the comments and/or quotes that you put with them.
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Grateful for conference talks about being patient because laying on my back in pain and not being very good with crutches and not being able to take care of my family is no fun.
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I’m grateful for good books to take our minds away from our own troubles and teach us to be more grateful. I’m reading the “Silence of God”, to distract me from all the things I can’t do since my ankle surgery. I’m only part way into it but what a thought provoking story.
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Thankful for inspiring words!
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I am grateful for yummy cookbooks and recipes!
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Grateful for fun crafts that make me want to get creative!
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Thankful for family traditions!
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Thankful for cinnamon rolls on Saturday mornings!
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Thankful that no one was hurt in the storm that just passed through.
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Thankful for husband’s good check-up with the MS doctor.
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Thankful that God knows the answers even when I don’t.
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thankful that we have doctors who can diagnose “came on quickly” ear infections
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thankful for electricity being on after the storm
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So grateful for sweet girls to pick up the slack of a mom who doesn’t move very fast right now. They bring joy into my life with beautiful practicing, piles of perfectly folded sweet smelling towels, happy attitudes even when they are under extra pressure, efforts to do their very best in school, and willingness to keep everything going.
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How blessed I am for a sweet daughter and her girls who went out of their way for a visit, hugs, and cast signing!
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I’m thankful to live in a home that keeps me safe and warm when it unexpectedly starts snowing!
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I am thankful for my parents inviting me back into their warm abode and starting life all over again in a new college, a new environment and learning how it’s like being home again after such a long time.
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thankful that the dishwasher has been fixed! two weeks without a dishwasher…bleh.
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thankful for a ballet teacher who teaches my rascals – all four of them!
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thankful for precious baby eyelashes and tiny baby feet
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so thankful that the bomb scare at my mother’s workplace did not hurt anyone.
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thankful for a son with aspergers…I don’t understand him, but I know that God does.
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thankful for a husband who wants to take me out for dinner after a really hard day
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I’m very thankful that God has let me continue to have my mom here with me. She’s lived longer than anyone in her family and I feel TOTALLY blessed for that. I gave her a plaque that reads “when I count my blessings, I count you twice” though it’s much more than twice!!
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I’m extremely thankful for the years I was able to have my little brother in my life. This Friday marks the 2nd anniversary of his passing at the young age of 41 but in those years he touched many lives. Just shows we never know what God’s plan is, and I’m thankful that He gave us the time we had.
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I’m thankful for the weather we had today, though it was raining……beacuse it was helping to sprout all the plants and flowers that are just waiting to burst through!!
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thankful for all the blogs that I read and all the information that people are willing to share about themselves and their struggles!
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thankful for my flannel sheets and fluffy down comforter
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I am thankful for the “wealthy” lady who no longer smocks for her girls, but decided to pass along her STASH of FAB fabrics to someone else! SCORE!
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thankful for the friend of the “wealthly” lady who thought of me when the unused fabric was offered!!!
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is thankful for her son’s soccer practice.
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I’m thankful for being able to warm myself back up with a nice HOT shower. Now I can read all my favorite blogs without shivering. HURRY UP spring!!!
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So thankful for my laptop so that I can visit all my favorite blogs. Like Gracious Rain!!!
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I’m so grateful for my husband!
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I’m very grateful for my daughter!
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I’m grateful for my house!
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I’m grateful for giveaways!
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I’m grateful for food!
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I’m grateful for friends!
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I grateful for my family!
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I’m grateful for my beliefs!
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I’m grateful for all four seasons!
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I’m grateful for the mountains!
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I’m grateful for my talents!
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I’m grateful for good books!
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I’m grateful for cell phones!
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Every time I take a hot shower, I am grateful for the hot, clean water running over my body and recognize my privileged life.
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I am grateful for functional toilets.
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I am grateful for a roof that doesn’t leak anymore and walls that keep out the worst of the wind and the cold.
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I am grateful for such plentiful food that I can afford to be picky.
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I am grateful that the most likely reason I might have to go hungry is my own indecisiveness.
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I am grateful for deliciously chubby baby legs.
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Toothless baby grins.
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I am grateful for my baby who practically came out knowing how to smile.
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I am grateful for a smart daughter who reads too quickly like her parents.
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I am so happy to be able to buy my girls frivolous Easter dresses and gifts.
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I am grateful for a husband who is hilarious, kind, rational, and my best friend.
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I am grateful for summersaults with my kids.
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I am grateful for the mornings that I wake up at 5 refreshed and ready to work out.
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I am grateful for the days when I sleep in WAAAAAY past reasonable and totally skip working out.
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I am grateful for friends who probably still like me even though I’m a total homebody.
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My beautiful, comfortable, easy-to-drive, Safety Top Pick car protects my little family all around town.
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My jade plant cuttings from Arizona are thriving and even growing new leaves in spite of the dismal dark Utah days since they came home in February.
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I’m glad that I have a wife who keeps me on the straight and narrow. (She says its wrong to automate contest entries, even though the captcha doesn’t update after each post, and it’d be SO EASY to post 600 times in the next 20 minutes).
She’s cute too.
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My baby’s first-time-riding-in-the-swing-at-the-park-giggles.
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Being able to afford adorable sneakers for a baby that will outgrow them all too soon.
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Cactus. They just want to be loved!
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Foot rubs from a long-suffering husband that are better than a professional massage.
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Bernina 930′s. Enough said.
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I am grateful for meeting a random, German stranger on a plane who saved my education.
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Food that I didn’t have to make or plan.
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I am glad to sleep on my food storage and to trip on it in my dining room.
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The eastern mountains seem to cuddle up to me and keep me safe.
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My sweet, soft, familiar bed.
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A baby who loves kisses as much as I do.
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I am grateful for random bursts of clothes-buying (on clearance!) so I can forget about again.
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Reuniting with a brilliant old friend.
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Re-imagined fairy tales amuse and soothe me.
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Red chickens hunting bugs in green grass.
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Each night, just before falling asleep, the warm assurance that my babies are tucked safely in their beds.
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Walking through Target alone.
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I am grateful to live near an excellent food restaurant to appease my addiction.
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(Ack, make that: “I am grateful to live near an excellent *Indian* food restaurant to appease my addiction.”)
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Yarn to keep my hands busy. Blogs that show me how to use that yarn.
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I am grateful to breathe clearly. Breathing is awesome!
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Cats that deign to sit on my lap.
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Finding the perfect fabric for my daughter’s (or niece’s) monthly/holiday pillowcase. On sale.
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Libraries that allow you to temporarily revel in acquiring without the burden of perpetual storage.
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The exquisite silkiness of my newborn’s neck against my arm.
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Brand new makeup.
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I find surprising joy in how different my daughters are.
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Messy baby curls.
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My sweaty, sleeping baby.
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I am grateful for a six-year-old who thinks I should have a prize for driving her to school and her extracurriculars.
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Thankful for the mulch deliverers bringing LOTS of mulch today!
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thankful that God alone knows whether or not my womb will ever hold another baby.
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Thankful that Easter is almost upon us!
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thankful for all the homeschool materials and information that are so readily available.
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thankful for heirloom sewing
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thankful for minkydot fabric to make snuggly baby blankets out of…
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thankful for my precious Saviour who has never forsaken me and has forgiven all my sin!
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thankful for a patient, kind husband who puts up with and encourages me through all my fears.
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I’m grateful for entertainment!
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I’m grateful for cars!
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I’m thankful for water!
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I’m grateful for medicine!
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I’m grateful for good doctors!
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I’m grateful for a comfy bed!
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I’m grateful for warm showers!
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I’m grateful for my computer!
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I’m grateful for animals!
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I’m grateful for you!
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I’m grateful for an unselfish husband.
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I’m grateful to be a grandma to a sweet little boy.
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