What a blessing it has been as I continue to slowly read Ann Voskamp's book One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are .  I find myself on the outlook for those simple blessings each day.  Thank you for that new awareness Ann. Last week our school had a pep rally.  It's a fun time as the Pre-K and elementary school cheerleaders and dancers got to entertain us.  There was even a contest for the teachers; a limbo contest!  Can you believe it? #9 The sounds of laughter and cheering What an exciting time as fourth grader students we…

It's In Other Words Tuesday.  Nina of Mama's Little Treasures is our host.  The following is the quote Nina chose for us to write about: "If you don't change the direction you are going, then you are likely to end up where you are headed."                    ~ John Maxwell~ I used to be a goal setter.  I would listen to motivational tapes by Zig Ziglar  almost every day.  He taught me to write down my goals, including  the steps I would need to take to achieve each one.  Each day I wrote in my performance planner so I would be accou…

I began reading Ann Voskamp's book entitled " One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are " this weekend.  It was a gift from another good blogging friend.  The words in that title captured me.  A dare to live fully right where you are? Where I am right now is not where I want to continue to be. But if God is in control, He knows all the details about where I am right now.  Everything that happens to me as a child of God has been filtered through His fingers of love.  I've written countless times about how I long to prai…