November Gratitude {Day 5} Live Bird Cam

Yes, I'm grateful for a Bird Cam. Really.  This little cam brings peace and serenity to my workspace.  I'm blessed to have two monitors on my desk at work and out of a full day I'm usually only using the second monitor half of the time.  The other half I'm watching this:

cornellfeeders on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

...and then today...I discovered the cam also has sound.  So now, I'm listening to the birds, geese and even rolls of thunder today in Ithaca, NY.  I love it.  Hope you do too.

Jackie

November Gratitude {Day 4} Rainy Days

Today is rainy, cloudy and dreary. Even though I don't love the dreary days in February, right now, in the Fall, I really do enjoy them.  I love the rain on all the colorful leaves and a slight chill in the air.  Just enough of a chill to wear a jacket and a scarf and carry an umbrella.  That is today. 

Jackie
 

November Gratitude {Day 2} {Quiet Strength}

My whole life I have watched my Great Grandmother, My Grandmother, My Mother and My Aunt and how they have conducted themselves in public and in private...they all had {have} this quality...Quiet Strength. 

They aren't loud.  No attention drawn to themselves.  When things in life are hard (as it is for everyone at some point in their lives) whether it be health problems, financial issues, marriage issues... they are strong...quietly. 

I'm grateful today that it was passed down to me and then by chance I read the following scripture this morning:

So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you:  compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline.  Be even tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense.  Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.  And regardless of what else you put on, wear love.  It's your basic all-purpose garment.  Never be without it.
Colossians 3:12-14

This could be my life verse.  When I think of the women in my family...this verse is them.

Jackie

November Gratitude {Day 1} {Reminders}

You know when things are rough and you can't see much further than the few feet in front of you because you are consumed by everything going on in your life?  It's hard to notice much else going on.  Then, early this morning, after a tough couple of weeks, I pull open the curtains in the dining room and see this...

 

It took my breath away because I wasn't expecting to see it.  I realized it was meant for me to see God's creation so clearly as a reminder.

I needed the reminder.

I'm thankful on this first day of November in 2013 that sometimes things are very clear and bright and meant to be seen by those who need to see them the most.

Jackie