Blogging My Blessings - Memorial Day - Hearth Home and Freedom

For food that stays our hunger, For rest that brings us ease, For homes where memories linger, We give our thanks for these.

traditional - mealtime blessing

Today I am grateful for being able to feed my family.  With rising food costs I will eventually have to cut more corners than I am presently.  I am grateful for having a ‘fridge full of food and having enough to, without a thought, invite a friend over to share it with us.

Today I am grateful for 3 days off from work in a row.  Yes the loss of pay will hurt come the paydays those days impact.  But, my health and sanity are woth it, or so everyone keeps telling me.  Additionally, it allows me to be more physically and emotionally present for both of my girls.  And while I am spending part of it attending to cleaning and organizing tasks I am also making time for rest to recharge my mind body and spirit before returning to hell work on Tuesday.

Today I am grateful for a roof over our head and a home in a safe community.  I am grateful that I can let my younger daughter walk a few houses down to play with friends.  I am grateful for good schools.  I am grateful that while our town has gotten more and more crowded since my family (mom, dad, & me) moved here 23 years ago (when I was 16) it is still full of trees and birds and even the occassional deer.

But, today I am grateful to all of the men and women who have given their lives for the cause of freedom.  Whether they lost their lives in combat, as Memorial Day typically honors, or lost their lives working toward peace today I remember and honor them.

 

Mama Kelly