(For an explanation of Thankful Thursday, go here.)
221) Hearing my mom laugh.
222) Making my mom laugh.
223) Sipping cocoa in sweats by the light of the Christmas tree.
224) The smell of fried plantains as I walk into the house.
230) Remembering what music does to my soul. Being moved to tears. Feeling my breath catch. Hearing something so beautiful it makes me wonder how heaven could possibly sound more beautiful.
232) Laughing with my sisters from across the room because we think so much alike.
233) Hearing Ang say the advent basket is the most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for her.
222) Making my mom laugh.
223) Sipping cocoa in sweats by the light of the Christmas tree.
224) The smell of fried plantains as I walk into the house.
230) Remembering what music does to my soul. Being moved to tears. Feeling my breath catch. Hearing something so beautiful it makes me wonder how heaven could possibly sound more beautiful.
232) Laughing with my sisters from across the room because we think so much alike.
233) Hearing Ang say the advent basket is the most thoughtful thing anyone has ever done for her.
234) The humor, wit and profundity of N.D. Wilson's book.
235) Camp.
237) Making Emily a paper chain for her wedding countdown and learning that gift-giving may be one of my higher expressive love languages.
238) Seeing Jill's beautiful quilt come together perfectly.
239) Homemade oatmeal cream pies.
240) Beautiful, undisturbed piles of snow covering the earth and announcing the arrival of winter.
241) Getting a text from Rachel saying how loved she felt from the paper chain, complete with a picture of a chain-draped Loki.
235) Camp.
237) Making Emily a paper chain for her wedding countdown and learning that gift-giving may be one of my higher expressive love languages.
238) Seeing Jill's beautiful quilt come together perfectly.
239) Homemade oatmeal cream pies.
240) Beautiful, undisturbed piles of snow covering the earth and announcing the arrival of winter.
242) Seeing Emily's face when I delivered her paper chain. :-)
244) Communion at Bethlehem.
245) Time to chat with Chinwe after a weekend away.
247) Working with Kristy Koza.
248) Three pieces of real mail waiting for me when I got home.
249) A BEAUTIFUL card from Lindsay.
250) Fun, surprising, meaningful conversations with co-workers.
252) Finding eggs arranged in a pattern in the crate and not wanting to eat any in an attempt to preserve the beauty. :-)
256) The joy of serving others by cooking them food.
257) The coos and grunts of a 5lb infant asleep in my arms.
258) Having cousin Eric tell me I am one of the best listeners that he knows and that he values my opinion - what a thoughtful & meaningful comment from him.
260) BELLY LAUGHING at Seinfeld as George & Kramer discuss how humanity can be smart enough to get to the moon and yet still be so stupid.
262) A patient who was a storyteller with a dry sense of humor.
263) Hearing him tell a family member "Find the humor in every situation and if there isn't any, make something up."
264) People who simply enjoy life.
266) Friends who are willing to drive you back to your house in a snowstorm so you can pick up the quilt you wanted to bind.
267) The weight of a dog in my lap, curled up watching a movie with me.
271) Wind-cut snowdrifts.
272) People who ask good questions, especially good faith questions.
273) Curling up next to the fireplace with a good book and enjoying the Christmas tree lights and the sun setting over the snowy horizon.
274) Getting the fireplace pilot light lit all by myself and then texting Dad "I did it!" only to have him reply, "I knew you could. " :-)
275) The Holy Spirit working on my heart to change my perspective on missing the show at the Guthrie and preventing me from ruining (by my poor attitude) what turned out to be a perfectly good day.
277) The best Dad in the world. #happybirthdaydaddio
278) Using hashtags in my gratitude list. :-)
279) Feeling like my patients know that I care for their situation (like my 52 year old stroke patient with expressive aphasia. How frustrating).
283) Christmas shopping. I. Love. Giving. Gifts.
284) Being known at the scrap booking store as "The Paper Chain Lady." :-)
285) Another great dinner conversation with Chinwe. Definitely a weekly highlight.
287) Wrapping presents - being financially blessed in such a way that I can give the gifts I want to give.
288) Writing Christmas letters to Laurel and Linds. I love writing letters.
289) Reading in a coffee shop. It's been too long.
291) Icicles that look like mini-frozen waterfalls coming off of the Wisconsin bluffs.
292) Clear winter skies that make for beautiful days driving to the Dells for lunch.
293) AAA (Rach locked her keys in her car. AAA is so great).
294) Car therapy. I love a good drive.
295) Purple and pink sunsets with a pink beam of light shooting up from the horizon.
303) Three long embraces with Laurel - before church, after church and saying goodbye at the airport.
304) Lunch with the Stoners. Haven't seen them since the wedding. I care for that family deeply.
306) Seeing pieces of myself hanging/lying all over the Oostras' apartment.
308) Laurel saying "You love people so well. If I ever get a chance to talk about you in front of a lot of people, I will have a lot to say." :-) It's nice to have friends who see that part of me.
309) Being reminded in church that the pagan astrologers worshipped while the educated religious leaders knew the answer but stayed put (Mt 2:1-12). Biblical training does not guarantee a heart inclined to worship. I needed to be reminded of that. I long for more than knowledge. I want to be a worshipper.
310) A nice long chat with Chinwe when I got home. I love having a roommate.
313) Friends who call me when they're down "just to hear [my] voice on [my] voicemail."
314) A patient's family member who is an RN and a house supervisor at another facility being glad I am her dad's nurse and giving me a pat on the back and a "thank you" on her way out of the hospital.
315) Feeling competent at work.
324) Tie-ing with Hannah 10 times in a row playing Paper, Rock, Scissors.
325) Laughing until it hurts.
326) Sitting around the table with Kyle, Julie, and Ang, scheming up things like burning our grievances over a candle in a homemade snowcave on NYE.
330) Home.
332) The Twelve Days of Christmas tradition...as much as I hate it, I kind of love it, too.
333) Playing games with the sisters and cousins.
334) Back seat, middle, feet on the hump.
335) Watching my extended family try to push Jon's suburban out of the ditch.
336) My amazingly generous parents.
337) Lazy Christmas mornings.
338) Knowing that everyone finally knows about the advent baskets. :-)
339) Sitting on the carpetball table, having a lovely phone conversation with Chinwe.
341) Crying my way through church with Mom and Grandpa. Missing Grandma on their anniversary.
342) Watching Teri Anderson painstakingly raise her hands to sing "here in our weakness you'll find us bowing before your throne."
343) Listening to DJ Ruby's baptismal testimony.
344) Lunch with Mom & Dad, Har & Sal, Greg & Linda, Grandpa, Harris & Alice. I was the token child. What a hoot.
345) Riding home with Oostras. Absolutely love them.
347) Singing nursery rhymes with a 41 year old developmentally disabled woman who is sweet. as. can. be.
348) Watching her parents treat her with sweetness and overwhelming love.
349) Having her rub my arm while we sang.
350) Breakfast with Chris and Rach. Having them take time to meet with me individually. Love them.
354) Emails from Julie that ask all the right questions and the freedom I feel to respond honestly.
355) Finding out the Jill cried the whole first week of the advent basket because she felt so blessed by it.
356) Kyle & Julie.
358) Chatting with Jules while grocery shopping at Target. Felt like a small glimpse of what we would do together if we lived near each other.
359) Feeling my competitiveness kick in as I try to master Wii canoeing.
360) Kyle & Julie exchanging "knowing" glances when I say I want to try to beat it just a couple more times - knowing that they know me, are endeared to me and love me.
361) My Hanson, Brandes & Oostra "siblings" who want to hang out together and spend NYE playing games.
363) Dear friends who are willing to drive all the way up to Blaine in crappy weather so I can pick up a jacket.
364) Friends with whom you can have non-awkward conversations about awkward topics.
365) Hannah's humor. Today's version: A list of grievances for 2010 which included 12 men in the huddle and an instance of order regret.
262) A patient who was a storyteller with a dry sense of humor.
263) Hearing him tell a family member "Find the humor in every situation and if there isn't any, make something up."
264) People who simply enjoy life.
266) Friends who are willing to drive you back to your house in a snowstorm so you can pick up the quilt you wanted to bind.
267) The weight of a dog in my lap, curled up watching a movie with me.
268) Christmas movies!
270) Impromptu sleepovers.
271) Wind-cut snowdrifts.
272) People who ask good questions, especially good faith questions.
273) Curling up next to the fireplace with a good book and enjoying the Christmas tree lights and the sun setting over the snowy horizon.
274) Getting the fireplace pilot light lit all by myself and then texting Dad "I did it!" only to have him reply, "I knew you could. " :-)
275) The Holy Spirit working on my heart to change my perspective on missing the show at the Guthrie and preventing me from ruining (by my poor attitude) what turned out to be a perfectly good day.
277) The best Dad in the world. #happybirthdaydaddio
278) Using hashtags in my gratitude list. :-)
279) Feeling like my patients know that I care for their situation (like my 52 year old stroke patient with expressive aphasia. How frustrating).
280) The feeling of changing out of my uniform and into sweats.
281) Good writers.
283) Christmas shopping. I. Love. Giving. Gifts.
284) Being known at the scrap booking store as "The Paper Chain Lady." :-)
285) Another great dinner conversation with Chinwe. Definitely a weekly highlight.
287) Wrapping presents - being financially blessed in such a way that I can give the gifts I want to give.
288) Writing Christmas letters to Laurel and Linds. I love writing letters.
289) Reading in a coffee shop. It's been too long.
291) Icicles that look like mini-frozen waterfalls coming off of the Wisconsin bluffs.
292) Clear winter skies that make for beautiful days driving to the Dells for lunch.
293) AAA (Rach locked her keys in her car. AAA is so great).
294) Car therapy. I love a good drive.
295) Purple and pink sunsets with a pink beam of light shooting up from the horizon.
296) Getting a massage
297) and a haircut
298) on the same day.
299) Time to read.
301) Christmas services at Bethlehem - choir, orchestra, great sermon. Lovely morning.
302) Having Laurel in church with me.
303) Three long embraces with Laurel - before church, after church and saying goodbye at the airport.
304) Lunch with the Stoners. Haven't seen them since the wedding. I care for that family deeply.
306) Seeing pieces of myself hanging/lying all over the Oostras' apartment.
308) Laurel saying "You love people so well. If I ever get a chance to talk about you in front of a lot of people, I will have a lot to say." :-) It's nice to have friends who see that part of me.
309) Being reminded in church that the pagan astrologers worshipped while the educated religious leaders knew the answer but stayed put (Mt 2:1-12). Biblical training does not guarantee a heart inclined to worship. I needed to be reminded of that. I long for more than knowledge. I want to be a worshipper.
310) A nice long chat with Chinwe when I got home. I love having a roommate.
313) Friends who call me when they're down "just to hear [my] voice on [my] voicemail."
314) A patient's family member who is an RN and a house supervisor at another facility being glad I am her dad's nurse and giving me a pat on the back and a "thank you" on her way out of the hospital.
315) Feeling competent at work.
316) Rides to my car from Kristy after work.
318) Lasix.
320) Spicy chili.
324) Tie-ing with Hannah 10 times in a row playing Paper, Rock, Scissors.
325) Laughing until it hurts.
326) Sitting around the table with Kyle, Julie, and Ang, scheming up things like burning our grievances over a candle in a homemade snowcave on NYE.
328) Hugs from Grandpa.
329) Pecan pie.
330) Home.
332) The Twelve Days of Christmas tradition...as much as I hate it, I kind of love it, too.
333) Playing games with the sisters and cousins.
334) Back seat, middle, feet on the hump.
335) Watching my extended family try to push Jon's suburban out of the ditch.
336) My amazingly generous parents.
337) Lazy Christmas mornings.
338) Knowing that everyone finally knows about the advent baskets. :-)
339) Sitting on the carpetball table, having a lovely phone conversation with Chinwe.
341) Crying my way through church with Mom and Grandpa. Missing Grandma on their anniversary.
342) Watching Teri Anderson painstakingly raise her hands to sing "here in our weakness you'll find us bowing before your throne."
343) Listening to DJ Ruby's baptismal testimony.
344) Lunch with Mom & Dad, Har & Sal, Greg & Linda, Grandpa, Harris & Alice. I was the token child. What a hoot.
345) Riding home with Oostras. Absolutely love them.
347) Singing nursery rhymes with a 41 year old developmentally disabled woman who is sweet. as. can. be.
348) Watching her parents treat her with sweetness and overwhelming love.
349) Having her rub my arm while we sang.
350) Breakfast with Chris and Rach. Having them take time to meet with me individually. Love them.
354) Emails from Julie that ask all the right questions and the freedom I feel to respond honestly.
355) Finding out the Jill cried the whole first week of the advent basket because she felt so blessed by it.
356) Kyle & Julie.
358) Chatting with Jules while grocery shopping at Target. Felt like a small glimpse of what we would do together if we lived near each other.
359) Feeling my competitiveness kick in as I try to master Wii canoeing.
360) Kyle & Julie exchanging "knowing" glances when I say I want to try to beat it just a couple more times - knowing that they know me, are endeared to me and love me.
361) My Hanson, Brandes & Oostra "siblings" who want to hang out together and spend NYE playing games.
363) Dear friends who are willing to drive all the way up to Blaine in crappy weather so I can pick up a jacket.
364) Friends with whom you can have non-awkward conversations about awkward topics.
365) Hannah's humor. Today's version: A list of grievances for 2010 which included 12 men in the huddle and an instance of order regret.
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Thursday is still my favorite day of the week. Love you!
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