Summer Vacation Blog
This is all about Gratitude and being grateful for what I have in my life right now!
My summer vacation is already in its 3rd week and I have been too busy to update this blog!
My summer started off with a bang and a visit from my grandchildren! Wow, what a week, I tried to make memories. We visited Marble Children’s museum, an outdoor park where they ran, climbed, rode a sled down a hill, sat in a swing and just had fun. Then a quick day to the beach and we made sure we applied enough sun screen as they played in the sand and collected shells. A trip to Grandma Cookie Dough’s house and wonderful family dinner. And we even sent Mom and Dad to the movie and had fun decorating a gingerbread house and watching a movie. It is my prayer that we made some memories together and that those children know they are loved and can depend on us when they need to!
Then a few days break and back to the beach on a girl’s trip. How wonderful and relaxing this trip was. I continually fall in love with the beach, I love the sound and the sight of the waves – just breathtaking. I grew up by Lake Ontario and would spend hours at the beach, no matter the season, I loved to just sit and listen……..
The last week or so I have spent time defining my “Happy Place” and I have a few special ones. I am so grateful for this life I have, the people around me and the beauty God has surrounded me with. I truly am blessed beyond measure and I have been trying to live with that attitude of gratitude.
A friend posted this quote on their Facebook and it spoke to me today:
“Gratitude brings a Peace that helps us overcome the pain of adversity and failure.
Gratitude on a daily basis means we express Appreciation for what we have now without qualification for what we had in the past or desire in the future.”
Robert D Hales
Give Thanks with a grateful heart
Lyrics
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son
And now let the weak say, “I am strong”
Let the poor say, “I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us”
And now let the weak say, “I am strong”
Let the poor say, “I am rich
Because of what the Lord has done for us.
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