Count My Blessings

I saw God today as I took the time (while mopping my floor:) to start listing my blessings. I have SO MANY. I truly feel blessed and loved by a merciful Father in Heaven.

I am grateful that I have a safe home (not just a house) filled with love, laughter, children, and noise.

I am grateful that my husband is a hard worker with a seemingly stable (can that word possibly be part of our vocabulary anymore) job, even though he's on call this weekend and out working tonight.

I am grateful for my mom and the wonderful example she was to me of keeping a clean and organized home. It gives me a lot to strive for.

I am grateful that I have the health and strength to take care of my children, husband, and home.

I am grateful for discount stores like the one today where I found a cute little head piece for my daughter's Halloween costume for $1.50. (Too bad I spent way to much on other stuff that jumped in my cart while I was there:)

I am grateful for the peace and quiet that comes after putting all the kids to bed (and again when they finally stay there long enough to fall asleep).

There are so many other things I am grateful for: family, friends, the gospel, my Savior, scriptures (which I need to not forget to read tonight like I did last night, and many other nights. . .definitely a work in progress), health, safety, food, clean water. . .

And the list goes on and on and on, but I think I'll stop now, because I'm also grateful for the chocolate cream pie that's waiting for me in the freezer. It was my motivation to get the floor mopped tonight:)