Walk through 7 spaces in your home, and touch one thing in each room for which you are grateful.
For me:
Kitchen: the refrigerator--Something is wrong with it, maybe the seals; water collects in it. But it still keeps food cold, and people all over the world don't have that simple option available to them.
Laundry room: the washer--We used to not have adequate water pressure, and the thing wouldn't work. Now that our landlord took care of the water pressure issue, we don't have to go to the laundromat, and for that I am grateful.
Living room: the piano--A gift from a piano teacher, it has made music an even greater part of my daughters' lives.
Library (what we call the small coat-room type space between the foyer and the living room where we keep lots of books and games): the Monopoly game--I anticipate our family will be playing this afternoon.
Foyer: Stratosphere--a magic trick that Macy Cardwell was able to perform for our Family Theatre show in November.
Dining room: the dining room table--from my Grandparents' home, it has been stained, broken and repaired, and now...as our children have begun to move out on their own, it has had a leaf removed. It is a bittersweet representation of the story of our lives.
Bedroom: the bedspread--It is spread out on the bed, the "made" bed. Only recently have Leslie Cardwell and I started making the bed when we get up, and it has become a surprisingly sweet moment on those days, like today, when we get to do it together.
Kitchen: the refrigerator--Something is wrong with it, maybe the seals; water collects in it. But it still keeps food cold, and people all over the world don't have that simple option available to them.
Laundry room: the washer--We used to not have adequate water pressure, and the thing wouldn't work. Now that our landlord took care of the water pressure issue, we don't have to go to the laundromat, and for that I am grateful.
Living room: the piano--A gift from a piano teacher, it has made music an even greater part of my daughters' lives.
Library (what we call the small coat-room type space between the foyer and the living room where we keep lots of books and games): the Monopoly game--I anticipate our family will be playing this afternoon.
Foyer: Stratosphere--a magic trick that Macy Cardwell was able to perform for our Family Theatre show in November.
Dining room: the dining room table--from my Grandparents' home, it has been stained, broken and repaired, and now...as our children have begun to move out on their own, it has had a leaf removed. It is a bittersweet representation of the story of our lives.
Bedroom: the bedspread--It is spread out on the bed, the "made" bed. Only recently have Leslie Cardwell and I started making the bed when we get up, and it has become a surprisingly sweet moment on those days, like today, when we get to do it together.
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