Friday's Special Moments of Gratitude

This has been another very special week.  It has been a week filled with many special moments shared with family. Having dinner with our grandsons on Halloween and sharing how excited they were to be going out all dressed up with their friends (and of course their dad following right behind) brought back so many memories not only of when I went trick or treating and my dad was following behind but when my son was trick or treating and his dad was following just a few feet away.  Although the world has changed dramatically since I was little, there are some things that have stayed the same. 

Yesterday, we picked up my eighty-eight year old father-in-law at the airport.  It is amazing to be around someone with so much vitality and a continous desire to learn.  Not only is he taking piano lessons but he has added voice lessons as well so that he can continue to contribute to his barbershop group. 

I continue to enjoy taking pictures and playing with them afterwards to make them a little sharper or a little straighter.  For some reason, I am really enjoying this and so I am grateful that I have found a new hobby that brings me such pleasuure.

I found this quote by Marianne Williamson which I really like.  "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are."  Since I have started this gratitude practice I am reminded everyday just how good things really are.  What are you grateful for this week?