October Blessings Sample

A Sample of October Blessings
from my blessings basket

Beautiful Baby boy born

Family times waiting at the hospital

Family dinners

Deer ducking on dark roads with daughter

Octoberfest

The ability to give a ride to a co-worker

Beach Bon fires

Receiving a "thank you" candy bar from a co-worker

Being Regular

Weekend visit with oldest son

New car dependability

Breakfast with a nephew

Lunch with a niece

Breakfast with 8th grade friends

September Blessings Sample

For September 
My Blessings Basket 

Follow Rules

New Car Smell

Breakfast with friends at the farm

Internationals leaving- Blessed to be a part of their
 "Wildwood Summer"

Meditation friends  old/new

Time with mom and aunt

Dollar Store Finds

Sunset flag ceromony

Customers

Break time

The ability to pray for someone

Waiting on baby : the plan

I got the text on Sunday around noon.  My niece's water broke.
I have been saving sick time at the library for when this precious baby boy arrives.  I have a new car to ride up to Philly.  My plans are in place.  

After a few texts to co-workers to make sure they will be in for our Monday night crew because work frowns upon you not finding coverage on your Saturday (every 3rd week) or your night, my plans are in motion.

Pack a bag✓
Call daughter ✓✓
Do some last minute stuff at home ✓

Monday morning arrives and I have a text that she is around 3 Cm dilated.  I have some coffee and hop in the car.  I take the longer scenic way up to Philly.  I know my daughter won't be ready for to go there until around noon.  This will give my niece time to give birth, we can visit mom and baby and I can head back around dinner time.   This is a great plan. 

Get to Philly to pick up my daughter.  Receive a text that she is 7cm dilated.  I jokingly tell her that she is proceeding slower than I drive.  A standard family joke because I always take the long scenic ways.  A bit of deviation to my plan but this is exciting, a baby is coming.

Find hospital, find parking lot, trek through about 3 building because we found the wrong parking lot, get off elevator at wrong floor. This should give baby plenty of time to get born.  Ah yes, my plans are unraveling just a bit.

Wait, color, text, tv, gab with other families, clock ticks, father updates us, go grab something to eat...........the lullaby song plays.......oh shoot did we miss it!   What about my plan?

Text my mom, will have to stay, don't want to drive back to South Jersey in the dark, possible C-section soon.  My poor niece this was not her plan.

Other patient's visitors burst into waiting room, burst into waiting area, the baby they waited for didn't make it.  Stunned waiting room faces. Time froze for a few seconds.  This was not their plan.

Got word that C-section started, Go down to eat, make texts and calls.  Baby arrives. Big boy at 9.5 oz, mom, dad and baby doing well.  It's late. The day may not have went according to my plan but baby's plan and God's plan worked out well!

August Blessings

For the month of August 
A Sampling of the my entries in my blessings basket

Listening to inspiring poetry

Watching Parents with children with disabilities.  Taking note of the loving interactions.

The birthday card about counting blessings

New work opportunities

Dinner Theater fun  

Waterpark Lazy River- seeing a mother twirling ballerina style for her little child

Sleepover in sister-in-laws camper

Birthday wishes x's and o's

Being on a carousel with a newphew

Unexpected Weekend of company- Jersey shore life

Early Bd celebration at work

200,000  on  a truck

Watching father and son putting shed together

Health insurance- Getting the mammogram and blood work done

A call from a friend.  Loved her "report" from the hometown

Summer Garden Veggie gifts from other

Time with family at winery

July Blessings

For the month of July
A Sampling of the my entries in my blessings basket

Honoring life 
3oth Birthday of a Nephew and the death of his grandfather
The Circle Life and connections

Shiva Prayers

Last min decision to stop at a bbq

Working in a/c on a humid day

Scrabbled egg sandwich on toast dinner (yummy)

Mint Tea

Watching sappy movies

Coffee

Co-worker friends

Cousin time with adult cousins

Historical tours

Holding a four-week old baby

Stopping at a farm stand

Burgers & Facebook snooping with a friend

Reading poetry with a nephew in the audience

Visiting a library

Helping to decorate for a baby shower for a niece

Daughter craft time  in the late evening

Seeing adult children interact :)

Pool time at  campground

Pinochle games

June Blessings

June's Blessings

Clip on sunglasses

Midnight smore's with the family

Jumping ocean waves

Meditation cancelled= Dinner with friend

Hearing a grandma read in a sing song voice in the library

After midnight chat with daughter

Photo of fixer guys

Truck fixed

In-service season

Son excited about new business

Funnel cake

Spontaneous after work pizza with Rose, Becky, and Marissa all talking "girl talk" = Happy 2nd day of summer

A card from a friend in mail saying 

"Enjoy What the day brings"

Celebrating a retirement 

May Blessings

Quiet moments of insight

Opportunity to work at jobs that I like

Helpful co-workers offer to follow me home when car acts up

Chairs that come in pairs  (Mother's day gift-sort of)

Daughter catching brake problems before they fail

Son finds a baby bird

Listening to someone share memories of their deceases spouse and seeing them smile with the memories

Off on a rainy day

Bumping into a Stockton Alum on the boardwalk

Breakfast with my Susquehanna peeps

Dryer warranty

Catching a new DVD at the library

Sending cards

Unexpected schedule change- morning off for errands on a sunshiny day



Buying my mother the same book she bought for her mother (many years ago) on Mother's Day

My niece is having a baby boy- Loved the excitement of seeing her find out at the barbecue - surrounded by family