Continuing to be thankful

The girls and I have gotten on a kick of coming up with at least five things we can be thankful for, right at that second, when the gloomies try to sneak in.  Miss T is in a classroom where a handful love to yell at the classroom, so she has been coming home often lately overwhelmed.  She kept herself in her room until she could come up with an ornery list of things to be thankful for...which was a two-fold blessing...it changed her mindset and made us all laugh.  Miss H has gotten to where she wants to see how many different things she can come up with to fill my two hands over and over with things.  I am thinking that if we can keep this up, we may just keep changing our outlook and reactions.  After all, if you choose to think about the positives instead of what others are doing or saying against you, you take all the power away from them and keep your focus on the God who provides the things to be thankful for.  Now, to me, that is a pretty powerful switch-a-roo!
Today's list:
Time with family.
Communication with friends.
A filling dinner surrounded by a table of loved ones.
Laughter and passing on the tradition of Monopoly games.
The ability to help out by using the van to help dad get a little trailer home to pull behind his lawn mower.
Good times!