I know I've been really superficial with my grateful days entries. But, for some reason, I felt like most of the entries from last year were really deep and serious. And, this year, I wanted to include a few that were just little things that I am grateful for. Turns out, I am grateful for A LOT of little things.
Tonight it is Sardines.
Jon and I had a really good discussion this evening. Today was the second time in the last month that he has taken me with him to visit people in the ward. Actually, to be more accurate, we went to visit two widows that are his home teaching families. On the way home we were talking about his new schedule regarding church meetings and such. He said that he had someone tell him to do as much as possible on Sundays and one other day during the week, and then leave the rest of the nights during the week for family.
I told him that I would prefer that he let Sunday be the Sabbath Day and spend most of the time on the Sabbath with our family. The fact that he works at home and we see him on a regular basis during the day really helps. I would rather have more time on Sundays than weeknights because on most of the weeknights there are other things going on (mutual, activity days, cub scouts, singing class, Relief Society meetings, book club, food group, etc.), and we wouldn't really be spending much time together anyway. Does that make sense to anyone else?
So, I think he really took that to heart. After we ate dinner (btw, it was a freezer meal from our freezer meal group -- I'm grateful for that too ... maybe that should be another post for another day), Jon spontaneously said, "Let's play sardines! I'll hide first." And, he ran off to change and hide. The rest of us turned off the lights and headed into the living room to count. Pretty soon, Eliza and Maryanne went upstairs to find Jon. I stayed in the kitchen and cleaned up dinner, then went upstairs to change. I was kind of oblivious to the fact that they'd already started playing. I went into my closet and noticed that there was some kind of clothing pile in the corner that wasn't there before. Duh. I found Jon. So, I just changed and turned out the light. Pretty soon Andrew found us, then Maryanne and the rest of the crew. We played for about 60-75 minutes. It was a lot of fun.
Tonight I am grateful for Sardines. It was such a small thing, but it's amazing how much that small thing helps me to feel more and more love for my husband and our family ... and that's certainly something to be grateful for.
Tonight it is Sardines.
Jon and I had a really good discussion this evening. Today was the second time in the last month that he has taken me with him to visit people in the ward. Actually, to be more accurate, we went to visit two widows that are his home teaching families. On the way home we were talking about his new schedule regarding church meetings and such. He said that he had someone tell him to do as much as possible on Sundays and one other day during the week, and then leave the rest of the nights during the week for family.
So, I think he really took that to heart. After we ate dinner (btw, it was a freezer meal from our freezer meal group -- I'm grateful for that too ... maybe that should be another post for another day), Jon spontaneously said, "Let's play sardines! I'll hide first." And, he ran off to change and hide. The rest of us turned off the lights and headed into the living room to count. Pretty soon, Eliza and Maryanne went upstairs to find Jon. I stayed in the kitchen and cleaned up dinner, then went upstairs to change. I was kind of oblivious to the fact that they'd already started playing. I went into my closet and noticed that there was some kind of clothing pile in the corner that wasn't there before. Duh. I found Jon. So, I just changed and turned out the light. Pretty soon Andrew found us, then Maryanne and the rest of the crew. We played for about 60-75 minutes. It was a lot of fun.
Tonight I am grateful for Sardines. It was such a small thing, but it's amazing how much that small thing helps me to feel more and more love for my husband and our family ... and that's certainly something to be grateful for.
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