Thankful for Patience

Happy Thanksgiving!. I am so grateful for my loving husband, wonderful children and sweet extended family. I'm glad my tree out front that has been looking so sad finally has its leaving turning autumn colors. I am hopeful it will perk up and get great leaves next year. We have been enjoying relaxing in town and prepping for Thanksgiving. I am Thankful for all our blessings of comfort, but also for the love and joy I feel from serving others.( even  my wild Indian kiddos;)) I want to have our gifts to each other for Christmas this year to be one of time and effort given in our family. I love the idea of giving of oneself for a need or want of someone we know.  Yes, some things take fixing and assembling and I am happy to have Brian to help with that.  Celia knows what I like and often tells me she will give me a peach or let me watch "Twilight" if I let her eat out of the kitchen, hehe. It is a great thought though, trying to give someone else what they want and look for those reinforcing things. I'm grateful for kind people in traffic and in supermarkets. I'm most grateful for patience to give it, and be able to receive it. We are all weak in something and make mistakes, how great it is to love one another, to be patient and forgive. I look at mishaps and trials as an opportunity for understanding and growth. I am happy, life is good and I'm grateful for this time in my life.