Grateful Friday

Here's what is making me grateful today:

Afternoon naps.  Because sometimes you just need one.

The library.  There won't be a Books I Read in August post because I didn't finish one book!  I read about five books partway and then decided they were too uninteresting or inappropriate or that winning combination of both.  I'm grateful for the library because then I just move on to the next selection.

My healthy kids.  It's a blessing I take for granted often but today I'm acknowledging it.  They're healthy and I appreciate that.

My job.  There are so many jobs I would not want and being a teacher's aide feels great.  It is wonderful to feel like I'm helping children navigate their day a little better.  And when one student I was working with finally learned how to spell "again" correctly after practicing again and again and again (ha ha) it felt like I hit the jackpot.  (And I'm from Nevada so I should know.  Except I've never gambled in a casino so I don't really know.)

My kids can go to college and even better, BYU.  For one thing I love BYU and for another thing, I'm so grateful for their opportunities.  Emma is moving into her apartment today.  She is doing it all her independent little self (although Adam and I are going to stop by this evening and check it all out).

I still have Mark around.  He is a great consolation when the big kids are gone.  I love being around that easy going, witty, curmudgeonly guy.

Adam.  He handles being around his emotional, moody, trying-to-get-used-to-her-new-schedule wife like a champ.