Each Thursday, I send a text message to my three daughters, called "Thankful Thursday". We each respond with something we are thankful for.
I feel more than ever we want to be looking for things to be thankful for.
If you would like to share something you are thankful for, feel free to respond to this post.
Sending much love to all my family and friends.

Today is Mother’s Day, I’m so thankful that I have the privilege, the blessing, and the desire of my heart to be a mother. Mother’s Day brings me a mixture of emotions, happiness, and sadness at the same time. I’m happy and thankful that my mother is here and I can talk to her and spend some time with her. I’m delighted and grateful that I can spend time with my three beautiful daughters. Yet, Mother’s Day also brings me sadness because I miss my son, Joe, and I miss the father of my children, Paul. I miss Paul saying to me like he did every Mother’s Day “Happy Mommies’ Day.”
Maybe today you also have a mixture of emotions, both happiness, and sadness simultaneously. I share in your joy, and I also share in your sadness. Maybe your mother is no longer here, and you miss her. Maybe your mother is here, yet some illness has taken over her. Maybe you have lost a child, and you miss that child. Maybe the father of your children is no longer here. I wish I could take your sadness away. I would like to offer up a suggestion to recall a happy moment with your lost loved one, write it down, and go back and read it often. It’s ok to let the tears fall. My prayer is that today amongst the moments of sadness, you can find some happiness as well. 
With love, Patty

                                             
After a day of rain, the sliding glass door in my apartment will be full of rain spots that make it difficult to see out. So, I mix up a solution of vinegar and water to clean away the rain spots. This solution works wonders, and I can see out the sliding glass door more clearly. With the next rain, I will repeat this process.
As I was looking out my newly cleaned sliding glass door (to the right 😃), I realized that God sees you and me clearly, too. He knew we needed a Savior, so He sent His Son Jesus to take our past, present, and future sins to the cross. Jesus said in John 6:40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son, and believes in Him, may have eternal life; and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
Although, our life here on earth can have times of joy and times when we cannot see clearly, with our belief in Jesus we will have eternal life.
Prayer for all of us to see clearly;
Dear Heavenly Father,
There are times in my life where I cannot see clearly. There are times in my life where I may sin.
Thank You for sending Your Son Jesus as my Savior. With my belief in Jesus, I will have eternal life.
In Jesus name,
Amen

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Patty