Taking stock

May 2013 GratitudeAs a very busy spring ends, I’m taking a breath before the season changes again.
Oh, these transitions. They require so much practical planning and emotional adjusting.

Depending on the day, I find myself either madly cramming in every last project on my hefty To Do list, or paralyzed by those jobs that simply won’t get done before summer begins.

When I find myself overwhelmed, my first urge is always to freeze time. I’m a time junkie.
Just one more second…I swear that’s all I need.

So I do. I find my camera and I freeze time. And the results become a visual gratitude journal, complete with friends, family and the wondrous, inspiring place I call home.

When words fail me, my eyes save me. Every single time.

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

Thoughtful and caring teammates
Fun track workout
Strawberries
“Torta-nini”
Batman
Apples (Honeycrisps are back!)
First soccer game
We can hear ACL soundchecks from front porch
Popsicles
Ballet
Rain!!!

I’m always grateful for my bloggy friends and readers, especially those who have tuned in weekly to read my Sunday Grace posts. I love your comments about the quirky things we appreciate. (Always the apples and ketchup!) With that said, it’s time for Sunday Grace to take a break. Our family will continue the tradition, but I will no longer be posting weekly wrap-ups. All blogs need occasional makeovers and this is just a small part of that process.

Thank you again, my friends. And if you’d like to look back and see why it all started, nearly two years ago, you can read about it here.

Happy Sunday to everyone!

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

A 60-degree morning
Mom
Friends
Star Wars
My boys
Student of the Day in P.E.
Wildfires are almost out
My sweet girl
Pizza
Books
Nice teammates
That our family doesn’t have too many argie-bargies (arguments)
An almost-clean desk
Strawberries, ketchup, bread and yo-yurk
The power of memory and perspective

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Sunday Grace
, our family gratitude journal, is updated weekly.
Read the entire series here.

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

Mac n cheese
Design Star
Milk and chicken and ketchup and apples and milk. And ketchup.
Splash pads
Superheroes
Birthday runs
The “Scenic loop”
Nightswimming
Halloween costume catalogs
Long weekend

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Sunday Grace
, our family gratitude journal, is updated weekly.
Read the entire series here.

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

A fun night out with friends
Swimming party on last day of summer
Spy Kids 4
Our fun summer
Donuts and donut holes
Another lost tooth! On the last day of summer!
Awesome first day of school
Orange juice popsicles
Ketchup, strawberries and toast
Snowball fights in August
Community project at work went well
Getting to pick out the class pet fish
Getting things done
Whimsy

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Sunday Grace
, our family gratitude journal, is updated weekly.
Read the entire series here.

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

Smooth trip home
Awesome vacation
Nice home to come back to
That Blanka didn’t get left (that makes 2 of us!)
Back-to-school outfits
Zoe
Our neighbors are back in town
Friends and milk
My full belly
Starting the day with yoga
Pop came to visit
Envy apples (our latest favorite)

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Sunday Grace
, our family gratitude journal, is updated weekly.
Read the entire series here.

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

Milkshakes
Bravery at the dentist
Obi-Wan and Anik books
Jess Special tacos
Trying
Spider-Man
My blankie
Ciabatta bread
Stone fruit
Hotel Fantastico
Easy trip to the shoe store with kids
“Pizza, pizza and other pizza”
Air hockey
Yonkers and wuzzling
“Apple, apple and other apple”
Five-hour playdates

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Sunday Grace
, our family gratitude journal, is updated weekly.
Read the entire series here.

Sunday Grace

Family, what are you thankful for today?
Highlights from this week:

Parades
Our country
Popsicles
Electrolyte tablets
“Star Wars moomies”
Friends
Mr. Sour Pickle
“Cimmin toast and sumpin”
An easy dinner
Figuring stuff out
Cartoon art camp
Blanka
My blankie
Calvin and Hobbes
Swim coaches
Stripey the cat
Shade trees
Frozen peas
Rascal
Birthday pizza and cake!

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Sunday Grace
, our family gratitude journal, is updated weekly.
Read the entire series here.