Think About These Things Thursday

(from the last two weeks)

whatever is true - the house and yard we saw *were* beautiful even if not meant for us; despite being pretty (last week) sick I am functional most of the time; I'm lucky to have a tub to wash dishes and not need to take things down to a creek in the snow! My three year old loves me.

whatever is honorable - St. DH was willing to take hours off at work during an extremely busy week so that I wouldn't have to drag the few healthy kids to urgent care with me and the baby; my mom willing to watch all the kids by herself so dh and I can go to Jane's dyslexia follow-up together; dh's humongous efforts to be uplifting to me; the fact that I noticed such efforts

whatever is just (righteous, deserved, proper, fair, upright) - OK, I think I just don't know what this really means. I'm having an awfully hard time coming up with something from my life that would be "just" - could my wonderful readers give me an example?

whatever is pure - the innocence of the toddler not feeling well and letting me know it in no uncertain terms; a room full of homeschoolers of various ages all laughing and enjoying the same kid's movie (I think it was Piglet's Big Movie); sitting with dh eating popcorn, just chatting after the kids were asleep; Jeffrey's toothy grin

whatever is lovely - huge flakes of snow drifting slowly down, my girls in their dress-ups dancing around the living room to classical music, a much decreased laundry pile; the emptiness of the cabinets after another declutter/packing session

whatever is gracious - Jane taking the littles out in the snow with her; dh accepting whatever I make for dinner as "great" even if it lacks a certain something

if there is any excellence - Skye's recent burst of creative writing

if there is anything worthy of praise - my 5yo is making her bed without being asked

...think about these things.