Today is a quiet day at home. Routine tasks. I also watched some videos on YouTube by Ann Voskamp. I began a gratitude journal and hope to list a thousand gifts too, and then begin again. In a way this is like my practice of writing haiku, but the journal is a list. I am leaving space though for the poems that may arrive later on.
It is amazing the gifts of beauty given at hard times. I have a picture in my mind of the soft lights in rooms across the courtyard from my mother’s room at the nursing home, during her last illness. I know enough to know these gifts are like manna. Daily we look for them and receive; they are given too without looking. Sheer grace.
I bought a journal from Christine Mason Miller. Her boutique closes today at 5:00pm PST–please see her website if you wish details. http://www.christinemasonmiller.com.
light frost
this morning
on the bushes
that spell renewal:
cotoneaster
Blessings, Ellen
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 
I love the idea of a gratitude journal, Ellen–I may have to take up that challenge! And I always love your poems. You have a new look here–it’s lovely!! God bless you–love, Caddo
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Dear Caddo, Thank you. I’m learning more about backgrounds and widgets! Hope you have a wonderful day, Ellen
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So pretty!
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Thank you, Stacey.
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I did a gratitude journal last year. I love how you’re leaving room for poems! 🙂 I know they will come out of it! God bless you!
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Debbie, That’s wonderful about your journal. I’ve always loved notebooks in one way or another. I already feel the gratitude journal is helping me notice more. Blessings, Ellen
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A gratitude journal – maybe children in school should be encouraged to keep one of those. Thanks for the cotoneaster – beautiful.
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Hi Libby, What a wonderful idea. Thank you, Ellen
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If I had a gratitude journal, these would be in it . I discovered them just across the street as I was going to work two days ago. What a treat, and what a surprise!
I do like the journal idea. It’s a fact that every day brings its own entries.
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Thank you, Linda. Lovely photo! Ellen
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Your poems are amazing!! And i really like the fact of keeping a gratitiude journal
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Dear nirvanaamjad, Thank you for visiting and for your kind words. I’m reading Ann Voskamp’s books, and find the graitude journal is already a blessing! Ellen
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