Grateful

Thanksgiving is past, but I kind of want to continue the Grateful posts until Christmas!  What a fun exercise!

But I won't do that.  Cause that would be a lot of a lot.  One last Grateful post should do it.

I'm grateful for my family.  Here's a picture:

The ones in orange are the snake and the fish.  I don't know what's wrong with all of our eyes.  Though I have to say that my eyes look the best.  Not trying to brag or anything, but the truth is the truth.

I'm grateful for this little boy:

We've started working with him on how to calm down.  It's lovely Patience Practice.  ...  Also, I have to say that months back I finally, in total sincerity, asked the Lord to help me attain more patience.  I quietly asked to skip over life-threatening illnesses and such, and I'm grateful that we've dodged that bullet for now.  However, there have been a LOT of opportunities for me to gain greater patience, and I'm insanely grateful for that.  I feel much calmer and happier and at peace.  Love it, love it, love it.

There are a billion other things that I am grateful for, and I'm not going to list them all.  If I like you, then you should know that you're on the list.  If I don't like you but you somehow make my life better, then you're probably on the list, too.  If I don't like you and all you do is weigh me down, then I'm grateful that I can practice charity towards you.  It's a work in progress.

Okay.  NOW Christmas can start!