The Christian Life: September 2004 Archives

at Mass today, the priest had us sing "Day By Day". I am not making this up.

My father told me I should try to meditate daily, in addition to my prayers, on places where I see God and try to find joy in life. He said he was not raised to do this, and passed that on to the way I was raised. So, I decided to write somethings down that I am really grateful to God for. For a little more than a year I have felt really that we are under some sort of spiritual attack and it is easy to lose sight of God in these times. When I think about these things, it always lets me know God is there and is good to me.
-For the many good people in my life. My husband (sometimes) and children. I could not imagine my life without my children, without their funny stories or hugs and kisses.
For my parents who genuinely worked very hard to give us a good life. For my three brothers are are such good guys. They always make me laugh and they spoil my kids despite the fact that my kids can be quite annoying.
For my friends. For such a smart blog partner like Peony.
-For the roof over my head and that I have never gone hungry despite any financial hardships, I have always had these.
-Transportation to get us out of the house.
-A nice soft bed.
-That in the summer, we live near drive-in theaters making trips to the movies easier with the kids and more economical.
God's creatures.Maybe not bugs and skunks and the mice or frogs I find sometimes in the mud room, but I love the kittens. I love the way if we walk to the border of our neighbors fence his cows have to come over to the fence and look at us. That is very funny to me. I like seeing the turkeys in the driveway sometimes because they look funny. I like the big horses the Amish use to pull their rigs and buggies. I also think it is cute the way our neighbor's dairy goats have to stand on top of their little goat houses. I like the way if you accidently trespass on a chipmunk's property they come out and yell at you in chipmunk language. What is that? But I like the animals because they all seem so innocent to me.

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