It's been a while since I've done a "multitude Monday" posting. But I am feeling so deeply thankful for so many blessings today!
51) The sweet girl turned 8 yesterday. 8! Where did the time go? She's been wanting us to revisit stories of her babyhood -- she particularly loves to hear about the day before her birth and the story of her actual birth. For her, it all seems like ancient history, but to me it still feels about as fresh as last week. I am so thankful for our precious daughter: her creativity, her humor, her love, and all the ways God is growing good things in her heart.
52) A fun celebration of her birthday. We had a good time yesterday with a number of S' friends at the seminary family center. This year's theme (the sweet girl loves themes!) was "under the sea" and the kids had fun playing "pin the tail on the whale." S. and her Dad created the game together, and the whale was colorful and creative! Hugs, well-wishes, cards, and gifts from other friends and family members also blessed her day and our's.
53) The amazingly good and encouraging news about my dad's health. Those of you who have been following my posts in recent weeks know how sick he has been, and how this turn in his health was quite sudden. Because of the weakness of his heart (congestive heart failure) he's been unable to have some procedures done to clear up a heart blockage. But thanks be to God, he is definitely improving. The doctors are encouraged: his ejection fraction has improved to 37 (from a low of between 10-20 at the hospital just several weeks ago). That means they will be able to go ahead, Lord willing, and do some of the procedures -- like a new kind of pacemaker and maybe even stents -- that just a few weeks ago they were saying were impossible. Our whole family is feeling profoundly grateful for this news!
54) The return of our computer, with most of our data intact. After our big computer crash a couple of weeks ago, we thought we'd lost everything for good. But a friend who is also a computer expert was able to recover a lot of things for us. I'm still finding out what made the transition and what didn't (some files corrupted) but there's more here than I dared hope, and we're just so thankful for our friend's willingness to spend so much time and wisdom helping us out. Not only is the computer a blessing to our lives because it helps us to stay in touch with friends and family, it's a huge part of our livelihood.
55) Summertime. It's just so good to have moved into a slower rhythm. I'm grateful to be getting some time to read, write and think, as well as organize and clean. Projects that have been simmering on the back burner are finally getting moved toward the front of life's stove. Although it's really too hot to do much cooking these days -- so perhaps I should change the metaphor. But I'm feeling too almost-July-lazy to do it.
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