Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A Pause

I read my sister's blog just now and decided that the cranky complaints that I'd felt like airing will remain silent.  There are things in this life that I will celebrate tonight.

Like the fact that dinner was the same old same old, us sitting down at the table, eating and talking and it was a blessing, a gift, a moment that I am thankful to have.  I will give my teenagers a kiss and a hug, and will listen to them talk of school assemblies and too much homework and plans for the evening and I will breath a prayer for others who have lost these moments too precious for words.


5 comments:

  1. Yeah, I know what you mean about cranky blog posts, I too hate to winge about my life, better to be grateful for the simple things that are such a blessing. I must tell you that sitting around the dining room table with my family, no matter what we are eating, is the one thing I miss most now that I have an empty nest. You are blessed, enjoy every moment while you can, Geoff.

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  2. I think sometimes we just forget. Forget how wonderful the small things are. And that others have it so much worse than we do.

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  3. Counting our blessings--a great reminder. :)

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  4. Sometimes we overlook the important things because we do them daily...thus (inadvertantly) taking them for granted. It's nice to just enjoy them.

    I was having a whinge earlier about doing a bit of shopping with my mum...but while in one of the shops I realised how stupid I was being and took to messing around with comical hats to make her laugh :) A silly mother-daughter day.

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  5. Why is it sometimes the misfortune of others that reminds us to be thankful for what we have.

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