Thanksliving.

Thanksgiving tomorrow.
My most favorite of Holidays.

Expectation and anticipation is half the joy.

Family together.
Breaking bread.
Thankfulness shared.


"It's the joy of the small that makes life large...all wonder and worship can only grow out of smallness." ~ Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts.


This is how we live in a state of thanks-living when life is mundane and ordinary...anything but "epic."

We find joy in the small.
We choose to see.
We live the thanks.
We forever count.
And we remember.


Ah yes.
A perfectly timed and perfectly placed toddler scribble...

He increases when I decrease.
He is exalted when I am humbled.
And He is honored when I remember. When I live the thankful life.

* * * * *
2139. Little boy kisses - wild and messy.
2140. Snowy days to play and be still.
2141. Brief coffee date at the table with my Kevy.
2142. Thanksgiving anticipation and preparation.
2143. Piled under blankets, still, and watching the snow fall quietly.
2144. Prayers lifted for hurting friends.
2145. So much sorrow in the world - HOPE found in Christ alone.
2146. Vulnerability and authenticity among friends - soul sisters.
2147. Little boys crafting around the kitchen table - doing it their way.
2148. Treats for the neighbors.
2149. A week-end with family - beautiful chaos.
2150. Offering praise - forgetting perfection.