I seem to recall wanting to learn gratitude in 2013.
Well, be careful what you wish for.
But I guess if I were going to wrap up a year about gratitude and wanted to really drive the point home, having to lose something as basic as power and returning it 9 painfully long days later would make anyone grateful.
Lesson learned.
And perhaps I need to make one final gratitude list for the year as well....
- I am overwhelmingly grateful for our friends who have prayed, listened, hugged, made food, took our kids in as their own, texted, posted, twittered, and loved us through it all. I firmly believe that you will see how well you are loved when in crisis. The crisis part sucks, but we know we are loved. And Twitter makes us giggle.
- I have a whole new respect for Toby, who seems to be able to single-handedly take care of three houses without power. #tobyrules
- Home appliances. You never know how often you use each and every one of them on a daily basis till you can't.
- Clean laundry. I don't think this needs any explanation.
- Home-cooked meals. We have eaten out 99% of our meals this past 9 days. Not good for the checking account, nor the waistline.
I know there are more that I will think of later, but I will simply leave you with this picture, which I believe is the epitome of gratitude. It was taken by a friend of mine and I stole it off her Facebook page. I don't think she'll mind. Her family (including her parents next door) were out of power for the same amount of time as us, and today she was able to capture so many moments that reflect only love and gratitude... not the anger and frustration of the past nine days. It literally overwhelmed me to tears to look through the picture and see the joy.
So, while I will never want to go through anything like this ever again, it's nice to know that we are surrounded by love and were never alone.
Bless you all who have gotten us through this week. We truly couldn't have done it with out you...
Finally, merry and bright...
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