Sunday Gratitude – 27.VII.2025

Wow, this week has been wild! The kids and I were so off schedule that we didn’t make it to church last week, and it was about 3 minutes before midnight before I even remembered about writing. Monday came along with a lot of stuff to get done, and then, well, I can’t write about it here, but Monday night into Tuesday was awful. Scary and embarrassing and just wrapped in a fever of emotion. Kind of at a loss on Tuesday morning, I put up a prayer request on a Substack note, and more people than even subscribe to my Substack saw this and have prayed for me and my kids, and the amount of gratitude I have for that is not able to be quantified. Not only that, but the remainder of the week was much calmer, even with a child getting sick.

I’m thankful that after all of this, I got to spend some time with friends this weekend. I absolutely needed it.

I’m also thankful that I was able to get a number of tasks done, even though they were the type that just take a lot of time.

I am grateful that even though one of these tasks required me driving into suburban Chicago on a Friday afternoon, everything went well, despite me getting fairly lost in the process. It may sound weird, but I generally do not like using Google Maps or any other SatNav type instructions – it really stresses me out. I *usually* have a pretty good sense of where I am, but whether it was from being tired, or being distracted by my neck hurting, my sense of direction seemed to have been shot this weekend.

I am grateful to have been able to get out a little to walk and to bike. I even saved money on parking in one instance! However, it was quite hot! I tried staying hydrated beforehand, but that was really hard, so I’m grateful that everything turned out okay.

I am grateful for all of you who read and comment and who do pray!

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