The "55 Things I’m Grateful For" Challenge:
My first 30 listed here:
- Time to pray and reflect before falling asleep
- Freedom to pray, read my Bible and other books of my choice
- As one of my older clients says, “waking up on this side of the dirt!”
Blessings! - A good nights’ sleep on clean sheets with two pillows
- A good sturdy house with air conditioning
- Steady barometric pressure so my shoulder isn’t sore
- Vitamins, Aleve and Sudafed PE
- A few minutes of quiet time before the busyness of the day
- Being physically and mentally able to perform the busyness of the day
- Hot, fresh, delicious coffee with cream and sugar
- Ezekiel bread toast with deli peanut butter
- A nice kitchen to fix the coffee and peanut butter toast in
- Hand lotion and Q-tips
- Clean, comfortable clothes I like and feel good in
- A recent “good” haircut (sometimes they are not good haircuts!)
- Toothbrush (medium bristles) and toothpaste
- A clean comb and brush, hair dryer and gel
- Hot shower with soap and shampoo (God please show us more about how to help our homeless friends and neighbors and let us be willing to do it)
- The feel of freshly washed tile floor on my bare feet
- Thinking of a really good friend always willing to make time to listen
- A car that is paid for and runs well
- The car that runs well and has the capacity for many more miles
- Being able to pay for oil changes, new batteries and other maintenance
- The ability and opportunity to earn money to pay for those things
- A job I enjoy and that is fulfilling and hits my “sweet spot”
- Discovering the color “greige” and what I might do with it
- Being able to march in place or briskly walk several miles on any given day
- Sunshine, blue skies, fresh air, green grass and flowers

- Dental insurance and overcoming sticker shock on re-treatment of a root canal
- Planning to schedule said root canal next week (blessing in progress)
To be continued……
