Month of GratitudeNovember 30, 2019 As this month of gratitude comes to a close, I am sitting in the corner of my couch staring at a ridiculously massive Christmas tree we bought yesterday. It is huge and entirely too big for the space. My house is about 3/4 of the way decorated, with boxes still
Month: November 2019
Month of GratitudeDay 29 I know I have alluded to both my parents in blog posts earlier this month but just wanted to share again how grateful I am for them. From the early days of giving my brother and me a wonderful childhood, filled with family fun, travel, and memories to the selflessness of
Month of GratitudeDay 28 When I began on reflecting our Thanksgiving Day, I was focusing on things that Thanksgiving 2019 was not. Scrolling through my Facebook feed, I felt a pang of jealously as I saw all the happy photos from people gathering with family and friends, playing games, laughing, talking, and having a day
Month of GratitudeNovember 27, 2019 Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, was a beautiful day so I took some time out to take a few pictures out at Beaverfork and then took a few pictures as we drove down the interstate to south Arkansas. I am always grateful for the beauty of creation. -Karri Temple BrackettNovember
Month of GratitudeDay 26 It may seem silly to be grateful for a television show but that is my gratitude for the day. I discovered the Great British Baking Show (originally known as the Great British Bake Off before it was picked up by PBS and Pillsbury got their knickers in a twist about the
Month of GratitudeDay 25 Today I am grateful that the girls have both inherited Trever’s and my love of the Christmas season. Not just the day itself or the gifts or the consumerism surrounding Christmas but the fun, gratitude, love, and joy that comes with the entire season. This weekend, Abby decided to “wrap” her
GratitudeDay 24 Today’s gratitude is totally first world, spoiled consumer, and luxury related. But I am grateful for the grocery pickup services at Walmart and Kroger (although Kroger I would use yours more often if you didn’t charge for it!) Whether I have had a busy day at work or – like yesterday – just
A disclaimer of sorts…although I have experienced loss in my life, I have been fortunate enough not to have lost a parent and I don’t presume to know the sorrow that my husband and some others with such a loss are feeling this season. I do hope that the words in my writing can bring
Month of GratitudeNovember 23, 2019 When we decorate for Christmas, it isn’t a carol playing, hot cocoa drinking Hallmark movie of a time. It’s a mess – usually for several days as we wade through boxes and boxes of decorations and figure out what goes where. Combined with the facts that I am trying to
Month of GratitudeDay 22 Abby’s first foray into the arts was playing a pig in the kindergarten play at Wooster Elementary. Later in elementary school she was part of a Destination Imagination team who always did a challenge that involved a skit and she overcame what was often debilitating shyness to enjoy performing in that