Thankful{s}

4.  Wisdom:  Since this is my birthday month... I thought it would be fitting to be thankful for "wisdom".  Because people, I  may not have a lot... but I have a lot more compared to some people.  It is true.  On a more serious note... over the past couple of years I have realized how much I do not know.  How much there is to learn... and I have realized, well I have become mortified at some things I have done in the past.  Maybe it was something I said, did, added to present drama of that day - whatever it was I am embarrassed.  {we are talking high school and a little after.}  I have also started to see life, in general, in a different light.  The older I become the more I love my life.  The more I enjoy the present and take joy in the thought of growing old and having wisdom seeping out of me.  Again, I may not have A LOT of wisdom; but each day I add more and more to my "well" of wisdom.  For that I am grateful for.  

5.  Music:   This one has been a "big one" this year.  When I was younger I wasn't into music.  I mean, I liked music - but by NO MEANS was I "cool" with music.  Not me.  I still am a little behind on music... but lately I have come to love music.  I love the change that can take place when music is in the air.   Two examples:  1.) When I am making dinner or a little before {the horrid time of 4-6pm} I tend to put softer music on.  By this I mean: instrumental, lullaby-ish, church.  When this happens I am slower to react to things.  Losing temper, that is.  My children may bicker a little here and there, but nothing like when there is no music.  And even if they are bickering... I don't care/lose it as much.  It has saved us all.  Seriously. 

2.) After dinner {sometimes before} we turn up the beat... we rock out a little and I LOVE THIS TIME.  The kids and I, along with Spenny B. get our groove on.  It is hilarious... and one of my favorite times of the day.  The kids giggle, sometimes uncontrollable, they show us how to move and they "play" with the melodies - thus having their bodies react differently.  They also get to make fun/watch us parents try to get loose.  

One thing, since I was young, I have wanted in my home  {You know the home "you will someday have"} is a system throughout the house.  Not so much an intercom... but a music system I can play throughout the home to lift, defuse or enjoy the certain "spirits/attitudes" I would have in my home.  It is something I still want, and will someday enjoy.  Until then, my little mac works just fine.

6.  Father's love:  This past week H and Spence have been working on a wood bi-plane.  They finished it on Sunday - and it is pretty rad.  I will post pictures, at some point.  H is enamored with Spencer.  He can't wait for him to arrive home and talks about "dad" all day long.  R hears the door open in the evening and RUNS to greet her daddy every night.  She then follows him for the rest of the evening calling out "Dawddddeeeee".   

Each night as I watch this love between Spencer and the kids my heart swells with gratitude for him and all he does for us.  But especially for the love he has for them.  It reminds me of my father and I could spend hours on all the things I love about him.  There is nothing like a parent's love.  Nothing.  And I am so happy to have a husband whom loves his children; but am also so grateful to have felt a father's love from my own father.  It really is a testament of the love our Father in Heaven has for us.  To be blessed with tangible love.