Today I'm thinking about corners. And I'm grateful for the corners God exposes in my life and then asks me to share with others.  What corners do you have that you can share because of your gratefulness for them in your own life?   Click here to read more about corners .

I'm so grateful for mercy.  Daily I experience small mercies, huge mercies, and mercies in between.  I am gifted mercy by people in my life and by the One who created me.  I get to see mercy in action, I get to participate in it.  Not only am I a grateful recipient of mercy but I get to pass it out as well.  I get to be a giver of mercy.  Giving it is an overflow of receiving it.  I don't hoard it but I pay it forward.

I'm a little obsessed with my cardigans.  I'm also a little picky about them as well.  :)  I'm really grateful for my cardigans for a couple of reasons.  1) They provide a layer so I can wear short sleeves or a thinner top and be comfortable temperature wise.  2)  I like to wrap myself in them to, well, hide myself just a wee bit. (There's a transparent moment for you.)  What piece of clothing are you grateful for and maybe obsessed with?

Half and Half just makes some things better, you know what I'm saying?  Sometimes you just need the extra umpf for your coffee or tea.  Or at least I do. :)  One of my favorite coffees is a Breve which is a bunch of half and half with a little coffee.  DELICIOUS!

Recently I was talking with someone about turning points that we have in life.  Do you know what I mean? Those times we all experience that serve as a turning point in our life - it turns us away from something detrimental and towards something beneficial, turns us away from a toxic relationship so we can move toward a healthy one, etc.  Turning points are usually those things that we experience and see as a huge step but others, even our spouses, may look at and shrug their shoulders like, "It isn't THAT big of a deal." But we know don't we? We know it really IS that big of a deal.  We know that no matter how small or insignificant it looks or looked like to others that for us it was huge.  It was monumental.  It was game-changing.  It was life transforming. And maybe eventually others will see it really is a big deal and maybe they won't. No matter.  It was a turning point for regardless. And nobody else's response or lack of response to our moment ...

Rainbows are starting to appear in our Colorado skies as the weather turns from snow (which we just had 4 days ago) and into rain.  Colorado is one of the most "sunshiniest" states (we land in the top 10) and so chances are good that when we get rain the sun is also shining and creates rainbows. So as rainbows are showing up in our skies I find myself being grateful for their appearance. 1) I am always fascinated by them - especially the double ones and the really bright ones.  2) As cheesy or as "Christianese" as it may sound they do remind me of promises made and kept by the One who made me and keeps me.  Scoff if you want but I know what I know.  Specifically in my 30's God made a lot of promises to me and he has kept every single one.  And he promised in Genesis 9 God sets a rainbow in the skies as a sign that he will stay true to the promise he made to never flood the entire earth again.  So the rainbow is specifically a reminder of God's covenant pro...

Otis Spunkmeyer said, "Happiness is a fresh baked cookie." There's no argument here with that statement!  I am a cookie fan. I found out this morning that today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. And when I found that out I felt happy! It's such a simple thing that makes me feel grateful.  I feel grateful that I can have a cookie and share cookies with others and watch them light up because of a cookie! I put two kinds of chocolate chip cookies in my workplace kitchen and it turned into this loud, laughing, light moment for several of my co-workers.  I sat on a stool and just watched. It was super fun to observe.  I felt grateful for the moment of smiles the cookies provided and I got to witness.  There was laughter and chatting and fist bumps...all because of a chocolate chip cookie.  Now who couldn't be grateful for that?!