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It's always when you think the habit is firmly grounded, and you give a little too much slack that the problems arise.  I gave myself a little too much slack in maintaining an attitude of thankfulness.  I began losing the habit.  Abel's defiance combined with feeling poorly from allergies brought me to too many moments of frustration, too many gripes, grievances, complaints... and too few praises to the One who gives me each moment of this life with my kids and my husband. Just in time, last weekend, God gave me a refreshing, a wake up reminder.  We had a women's conference at church, and as always, I had to force myself to attend.  For an introvert like me, sometimes a conference feels like an overwhelming social extravaganza.  As I sat through the sessions, fighting a virus that probably should have kept me home (I hope I didn't cause anyone else's illness!), God reminded me again (how can I ever forget?!) of His goodness, kindness, grace.  The time away from my

Here's an attempt at loading my list before it's two week's old.  :) - Adrianna making valentines for her classmates ... And it being so much easier for her than it was last year - And Abel making valentines of his own - Finding the kids brushing Ruthie  ... And Ruthie bearing with it without any hint of impatience - Uncle Mark coming for a weekend visit ... And the kids enjoying getting extra time with him - Adrianna doing her homework assignment about an activity she likes to do in weather - Doing our first art lesson together from the  Drawing With Children  book my mother-in-law found used ... And looking around our house for the different elements in art - and Adrianna and me getting so excited about finding the elements everywhere we looked - "Oh yeah, oh yeah!" - The view on the way home - The kids"helping" me make applesauce quick bread, while Scott was at a concert with his family for the evening - Abel with Uncle Mark at church - Sc