Faith, Love & Truth
Today I am thankful for a few things. Firstly, the most amazing church + church family. I’ve been so so so very blessed to attend this church since I was a baby and honestly feel as if they are my family. I’ve made so many lifelong friends inside this church. And just walking through the doors makes me feel home.
Today I am thankful for books. Books may seem like a slightly weird thing to be thankful for if you aren’t a book lover. But if you are one, you totally get it. I’ve been in love with reading for as long as I can remember. I am so so super thankful for a mama who encouraged me to read. Growing up, every night my mama and I would shut the TV off early (some nights at 8 pm) and go to bed and read. Some of my fav memories are snowy Sunday afternoons, curled up under a blanket reading. I would be in my chair and she would be in hers. I didn’t want to play video games, or spend hours of my life watching TV; I just wanted to get lost in a book.
Books have been a major part of my growing process as a Christian, wife, mother, friend and adult. I absolutely love reading and, during that book, realizing more about myself.
But it’s more than that, there is a connection between words and I. My mama says it’s because I’m wordy 🙂 It’s one of the reasons I enjoy blogging. And I feel completely blessed that part of that blogging is doing book reviews.
Today I am so thankful for a few things. Our crazy evenings together, just me and my littles. For chinese buffet. For a fresh set of nails. For jokes in walmart, and laughing crazy hard, which makes walmart during the holidays a little more tolerable. There really is no sweeter place than wherever we are together. The time is precious. Each moment is here but for just that moment and then it is gone. I want to cherish every second. Every laugh. Every giggle. Every sarcastic comment. I want to soak them up as I would soak up the sun. I want to tuck them in my heart. I want to remember every detail, so years from now I can pull them out and relive them.