{InspiRED}

If you are feeling like you need some inspiration... pick up a copy of Deanna Farve's book "Don't Bet Against Me" Just finished it last night. Wow. A great memoir of her journey through breast cancer and life in the public eye for a small town christian girl. The book was filled with inspiration and scripture as well as insight into her life. She made a list of a NEW NORMAL after cancer... how she learned to appreciate the value of little things... her are a some. (from Deanna Farve's book)

• a quiet night
• Friends who accept you when you are at your worst
• Watching your children LIVE
• Giving to others
• A beautiful day of sunshine
• A rainy day with puddles
• Someone else making dinner

What "little" things to you appreciate and never want to take for granted?
Here are some of mine,

• a warm wood burning fire
• a comfortable warm bed
• friends who love me no matter what
• parents who care & are involved, who LOVE my kids
• a husband who treats me with love & respect & allows me to be me
• the full body laugh of a little one
• being able to run errands without depending on someone else
• freedom to worship
• being able to read & scrapbook
• HUGS from my kids
• watching my kids when they don't know it! :)
  
• Sharing & giving to others... especially when they don't know it

There are SO many things... that list doesn't really do justice to the things I am thankful for. But it makes you realize that we are all blessed indeed. Share some of yours!