Installment no. 2 of what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving week:
- rain - because I get things done when the outdoors isn't calling our name
- a small kitchen - took me about 3 hours to deep clean, not done yet, but I can't imagine what it's like to clean a bigger one (and how long it takes!) With an aspiring chef in my 8-year old, the kitchen is always caked with flour, sugar and butter.
- manual work - because our bodies are made to move. The mental work involved is also gratifying, a time to converse with God and praise Him that thus far I am in good health. Praying for so many who I know are suffering illnesses that are physically debilitating.
- music - Christmas carols to be exact, it just makes all these preparations more fun.
- that baby - who likes to sit on my lap and give me kisses as I sit on the floor while scrubbing something. A welcome distraction and reminder that my children are my primary vocation. In another (more stressed) universe, I would have been quick to give him a toy and put up a gate between us so I can get work done. But now I am putty in my children's hands, they come first, their affection is more important than that dust bunny.
- Murphy's oil soap - cleaned everything in sight, from the kitchen cabinets to the floor.
- pancake - because it's easy enough for my older two to make without my supervision. That was lunch and I'm so proud of them.
- naptime - because after a long day like this and a perfect rainy day to match, it's the perfect thing to do.
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
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