Thankful Thursday

I am thankful...

For evenings spent with the grandchildren, not doing anything special...just hanging out and soaking up these precious days of their childhood.

My knee is feeling better. The muscles and tendons need some work now, but the pain is MUCH better.

Creative outlets at work and at home.

The improvement in my knee has resulted in an improvement in all the pain I was feeling from my hip on down...and because of that I can actually sleep at night. (At least until the cat head-butts me.)

Cool autumn weather is finally here.

That because I'm feeling better and sleeping better I'm starting to get caught up on all the things I've let slide around the house.

Tim has been feeling better and working on things around here that he'd let slide.

Our grandson killed a lot of Japanese Lantern Flies he found infesting one of the skeletons in the yard. Good boy! Sadly, they probably already laid their eggs somewhere by then.

Our grandson's new therapist is a little more "old school" and has advised a tougher approach. She told him he has to do what he's told or he will get grounded. No excuses. He has to do chores, too. He's learning to do his laundry.

For peace in Israel and Gaza and for a strong president.

For God, who has it all under control.