France Day 2

Blessings of the Day

1. Darkness in the sky contrasting against bright stars
2. At least 10 different bird species clamoring outside
3. A creek outside my backyard
4. Gentle breeze rubbing tree leaves together making a "crunching" sound
5. Mother's loud, booming, nasally voice
6. The ability to hear these sounds
7. Feeling cold. It's a blessing to "feel"
8. Pink flowers and its contrast against green leaves
9. Tulips
10. My kindle reader
11. Vision. How I'm able to see little things reflecting God's glory
12. My mind never ceases from thinking
13. The ability to pace back and forth to process something God has been teaching me
14. The ability to walk
15. Each step I take on the gravel makes a crunching sound
16. Bread. French bread. Lord have mercy...
17. My vision dimmed by and focused on God
18. Some really cool crane outside
19. Toast and goat cheese
20. Clear skin
21. Every individual tastebud on my tongue
22. My fairy godmother
23. My dad chanting to himself several times, "Love my daddy kiss my daddy." My response: *COUGH*COUGH* "Your words not mine."
24. Evil geese. Like they gave me a death stare and charged at me.
25. Rain. No droughts in France
26. Bronzed chocolate eggs for Easter on sale for 30% off
27. French people sing as they talk. Everyone says "Bonjour!!" and "Merci" in an operatic voice
28. It's not as different here as I anticipated. Even though this is not home, I feel comfortable
29. A French grocery store the size of Costco
30. The smell of fresh veggies
31. Rose bouquets for the romantics
32. Aged meat
33. Cheese blocks wider than your head.
34. Foot-long prawns
35. Bread. Everywhere
36. Earplugs worn at lunch when you can't handle your mother's loud, booming nasally voice
37. The ability to feel 'tired'
38. My brother's camera 
39. My father's cackling, booming, evil laugh
40. Baby duckling protected by both Mamma Duck and Daddy Duck
41. Evil goose attempting to stare me down. He won
42. Screaming like an old man when the evil goose charged at me
43. The sound of water flowing down a creek
44. Stalking a small, orange cat for 10 minutes
45. Getting on all fours to pet the cat
46. WIFI that works
47. A purring, vibrating, cackle sound of creek frogs
48. Duck liver on bread
49. Still ponds mirroring reality
50. Lamp posts lighting up the pathway

#onethousandblessings