Thankful, grateful, blessed...

 

So much to be thankful for.  

• Thankful the power is back on.  
• Thankful that even though we won't have running water at our house for awhile, we do have drinking water, and also water to flush the toilets with.  
• Thankful that sweet daughter lives close and DOES have water back on, and that she invited us to come take showers!
• Thankful that Carey can work from home for a couple of days before going back.
• Thankful that my wonderful boss says stay home.  
• Thankful that I live so close to office, as I did go up to work for about an hour and a half this morning to make sure that I had things in order for some money transfers for clients.
• Thankful to make it back home safely on snowy roads, and the house is still warm.

I stopped on the street to get a photo of our house while it was snowing.  The snow from a few days ago finally melted yesterday, so this is new as of this morning.  (This was about 10 a.m.)  I haven't been near a window to see how much more has accumulated since then, because I don't want to disturb the warm puppy that is sleeping across my legs (whom I am also thankful for).

Falling snow always reminds me of my mom.  She loved to tell about the first time I saw a  snow flurry as a toddler.  We were visiting my great-aunt in Iowa for the holidays, and it started snowing.  When I saw it out the window, I exclaimed, "birdies!"  Lots and lots of tiny birdies.  :)  So very thankful for the memory of her telling that story over and over with love.