Gratefuleness catch-up

I see that I am behind a few days in letting y'all know what little blessings I've been finding in my life. I discovered a few days late that my first post for some reason didn't get published, and then my week just got crazy . . . but here is the lowdown on what I discovered this week when I decided to be intentionally grateful. 

Tues. 

A random path in the woods that I found on my lunch break. My precious half hour outside each day!

Sometimes you just have to remind yourself . . . 

Pics do no justice . . . I was driving home from Kid's Club and saw this bank of clouds that was being lit up from the inside by lightning. So I raced home and drove out to the field to see if I could grab some pics . . . 

Wednesday . . . 

To be completely honest, Wednesday was a little bit hard to be grateful about. When your car overheats on the way to work and let's you set and you get to work half an hour late it just kinda starts your day on the wrong foot! 

But I did get these! 

My sister stopped by at work with her kids and they gave me this awesome bouquet they had picked for me . . . Made me feel super special & super loved! 

And I got to eat this cream-cheesy chocolately bit of goodness. I was feeling a rather urgent & pressing need for chocolate! 

Thursday

I found this at the bottom of my purse as I was cleaning it out. -one of my kids club girls had given it to me on Tuesday, and it was an awesome little reminder of sweet Lindsay and the amazing amount of potential I see in her

Thursday evening was also pretty amazing as a rather special someone took time out of his crazy busy week to drive me to Baltimore to catch my early morning flight. But rather than just dropping me off and making it back home in time to get a decent amount of sleep himself we drove into the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore and got supper at a really cool restaurant where we could eat on the sidewalk . . . And as usual I got carried away with my company and forgot to take pics, but suffice it to say it was pretty incredible!! 

Friday morning! 

4 o'clock a.m. couldn't even dampen my enthusiasm! 

I was in an airport again!! 8 months since I've been on a plane . . . Way to long by anybody's standards ! And no, I technically didn't need my passport since it was a domestic flight but I just had to make it feel 'official'! 

It was an awesome trip and what made it even cooler was the awesome ladies waiting on the other end. 

I flew out to MT to visit my cousin who got married and was dragged halfway across the states by her man. Also visiting her was a friend from Liberia, who was home on furlough. Let's just say the plans for this trip were about a y ar in the making and I wouldn't have missed it for the world. 

People are by far the best reminders of God's love for me personally and we've been living it up and making the most of our time. 

Coffee shop chats and beautiful MT scenery and book discussions and all sorts of loveliness. I'm feeling very full and running over. Here are just a few snapshots from Friday & also Saturday, which we spent in Glacier Nat. Park. 

I may or may not be falling slowly in love with this big sky country . . .

Wild Goose Island, although I failed to see any geese! 

Beauty on the small scale . . . 

No bears but we did get to see this mountain goat with her baby . . . 

Nothing like having a picnic on the riverbank where the scenery overshadows your desire for food . . . And yes, the water was COLD! 

Biggest dandelion 'wish-makers' I've ever seen, we had to give them a shot! And getting a day of fun in with this lady before she flies back to Africa for a very long time was pretty much awesomeness! 

Authentic western restaurant where the only 'buffalo' item on their menu was the bison burger-so you try it out just so you can officially say, 'I have eaten buffalo!' 

 

And now a lovely Sunday afternoon of quiet time (although completely unintentional, long story short I slept through time to leave for church😬) and so I finally got to catch up my blog which has kinda been bugging me! 

So that's my week, it was also full of some slightly stressful moments, harried moments, wondering if I would get everything done before I left. Uptight moments, wondering if I would be put on standby for my flight. Some rather bad news about my car, which may be giving up the ghost. But I have been amazed, when I look back over the week. Intentionally deciding that I WOULD find good in each day opened my eyes and made me look deeper . . . Yes, there is good. Find it y'all! 

Till next time . . . 

Mel