Thankful Thursday – 4

Goal: 2018 things for which to be thankful in 2018

2018 divided by 52 equals 38.8.

Each Thankful Thursday post should contain a list of 39 gratitudes, an average of five or six every day.

1. Wednesday prayer partner’s medical procedure went well
2. Three “chance” encounters led to an epiphany in a project I’d had on the back burner
3. A new idea for an income stream
4. Meeting a new friend of my granddaughter
5. The opportunity to edit a manuscript for a ministry I’d like to support
6. Cinnamon rolls friend-husband brought home from an out of town trip
7. Sonic’s burger and shake special
8. New member for our writers group
9. Arietta (mini Aussie pup) learning to sit at doors before we open them
10. My daughter’s laughter
11. A call from a distant friend
12. Visiting with a coworker while we fold and tab a mailing
13. Enjoying my work
14. Broccoli-cheese soup
15. Baby Ruth candy bars – mini size
16. Lovely jigsaw puzzle mosaics and the people who create them
17. Tapioca pudding
18. Doc Lynch
19. Good color in the face of a friend who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure
20. A hug from a friend I’ve not seen in months
21. Good news of healing from a recent widow
22. The privilege of copying old photos for a friend to send to family members
23. Visiting with an acquaintance about the Lord
24. Crisp onion rings
25. Pepper grinders
26. Hand lotion for winter hands
27. Domino (Maine Coon cat) seems to be losing excess weight and acting more spry
28. The aroma of yeast in rising bread dough
29. Wi-Fi
30. Having my grandmother’s handwritten manuscript of “Shirley with the Long Dark Pigtails and the Little Boy Upstairs”
31. The joy of John 3:16-17
32. American Christian Fiction Writers
33. Christmas lights on the stairwell to illuminate the stairs – kept all year long for safety
34. Seeing a friend who is like a daughter and hugging her after the death of her brother
35. Seeing Petra on PBS
36. The dishwasher in the kitchen
37. My side of the electric blanket
38. Fuzzy slippers