Home Journal - Calendar

I've been keeping a calendar of my own since I was in middle school and I've kept every one. I write in regular stuff like appointments and birthdays but I also jot down little milestones like a first crawl or bad weather or sick kids or anything I can think of. I'm usually too busy to take the time to write in a journal about those day-to-day happenings, but I find that adding it to the calendar helps me remember. So each year, I get myself a new calendar that's not too fancy (but still cute) and I add in all the important dates and then I wonder what the year will hold for the family under this roof and the friends that share our lives. Knowing that I'll write them down and it will be a sweet remembrance of the past for the future. Take time to record the little things.

Thankful for:

• silly jokes
• bright winter days
• glowing fire
• new year's hugs
• new year's kisses
• reflection
• looking ahead



Thankful Journal

After a little bit of a rough day...
11. remorseful tears
12. phone calls
13. silly boys
14. kisses on the "wips"
15. lion growls from a one-year-old
16. sharing
17. "after bath" smell
18. a retreat at the end of the day
19. obedient hearts
20. thankful hearts

Thankful Journal

I guess it would be appropriate to start this particular journal today of all days. And hopefully continue throughout the rest of the year.

I had the kids write what they were thankful for: E wrote the top one about free country, Betty drew the thing that is supposed to be a cat and a dog, Z drew a fire station and truck and L wrote family.

I am thankful for all those things and these too (in no particular order):

1. hubby getting up in the middle of the night
2. God not leaving me where I am
3. kids who seek to please
4. Chai tea
5. a boy who cries out of relief because he got his cast off
6. good news
7. laughing with my 11yo daughter
8. reading a good book
9. "Hank the Cowdog" jokes
10. a long hug from my not-so-huggy 6yo

but that's not all...

Happy Thanksgiving!