Day 218: Foundations

Have you ever thought about foundations? I was just thinking today about how grateful I am for the foundations set up in my life. Obviously one of them is the literal foundation our home sits on. It's kinda, well, necessary! But what I was really thinking about were the other kind of foundations in my life. Like the one of faith. It's important to know that I was birthed straight into the church nursery and through the years the Church and I have had our ups and downs but God and I haven't, he is truly my firm foundation. Another foundation in my life is that of having an education and a big part of that is being literate. Literacy affects all areas of education, even mathematics since you need to know how to read in order to complete certain kinds of math! A foundation in my life has been that of my parents staying married through the rocky times - their willingness to work through issues, stay together, and provide a model of "marathon marriage" for their children and grandchildren. Those are the ones that immediately came to my mind when I was thinking about foundations, what about you? What foundations in your life are you grateful for?

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April 5, 2015

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