From Our Own Garden!

 IT doesn't look like the store bought brand.

But, it's even tastier and much healthier:

It's pomegranate juice from our very own bushes.

Getting something from a pomegranate is a dang lot of work and Allen has done it a couple of times now.

The results are delicious and so very healthy.

And, I am so very grateful.

The Podcast

 It popped up on a social media newsfeed.

A podcast from a friend we know.  So, I listened.

It was very inspiring.  It talked about the five keys to happiness.

Number one was being grateful for the small things that happen each day.  Even when life is a struggle or a challenge, there are things to be grateful for.

Today, I'm especially grateful for my two dear daughters.  They bless my life in so many ways.  I love to talk with them, text with them, banter with them.  They are such a great blessing in my life.  And, I'm so grateful.

Then, there is Loretta Allam.  She is such a dear, dear friend.  I'm so thankful that we are in the same neighborhood....it is no coincidence.  And, I'm so very grateful for that tiny miracle...well, maybe it's not tiny after all!  I've lived here in this neighborhood for a long time, but never really made a TRUE connection, even though there are many wonderful women around me.  But, Loretta and and I just hit it off, and I'm so grateful for her friendship.  

I have many blessings, including my husband.  He is good, and I'm grateful.

I'm grateful.

General Conference

 WOW!  Such a feast of talks, insight, and goodness.

I was particularly moved by....oh, I can't name just a few. there were so many that ouched my spirit.

ANd, I'm thankful.

Thankful for an amazing living prophet, who at 96 is sprier than I am.  He's such a remarkable man, and I'm so grateful that we can have him for as long as we can.

Many of the talks focused on Covid-19 and its impact on our lives,  But, again, most focused on our Saviour.  

I'm so very grateful.

A Sense of Smell

 I've always been thankful for a sense of smell, 

But especially NOW....in the time of Covid-19.

That is one of the signs that you possibly have it...when you can no longer smell.

Today, I went for a bike ride and I could smell the barnyard smells and I was so glad to smell them.

Allen chopped down a big spruce tree, and I helped him sweep up the pine needles and saw dust and I could smell that earthy smell.  I LOVED smelling it.

And, I am grateful.