Today I am Grateful for:

• Frank stepping up and doing a wonderful job leading community group last night!
• Wonderful corporate prayer last night in community group.
• My mom being so interested in the weekly sermons and the questions that I ask the community group.
• "The Coffee House" station on my SIRIUS radio - I love it!
• Belly laughter.
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• The sun shining in my eyes right now.
• My "comfy" clothes that I wear around the house.
• Running through downtown Kirkland while the lights are all up.
• Teriyaki Madness - having a "regular" order.
• Serving a ministry client last night & fielding a question from one on the phone.
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• A first date that went very well :-)
• Being able to eat a crab appetizer and not have my stomach turn.
• A fantastic stake salad over good talks and the Alki waterfront.
• A mentor speaking truth into my life.
• Having the courage to be vulnerable and being part of an important step for a long-time friend.

Today I am Grateful for:

• Affirmations from close friends at my b-day party. Wow, I am blown away.
• A spontaneous dance party in the basement. OK, so maybe I premeditated that one a little. :-)
• Ice cream cake, mmmmm.
• Chilling after the party with my roommates and sharing lots of laughs.
• My cousin Rachel for putting in hours and hours of prep work to make my b-day party such a wonderful experience. Love ya cuz!
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• Getting my fix for the TV series "24" with some new addicts, I mean, friends.
  
• Homemade ice cream sandwiches - vanilla ice cream surrounded by warm, freshly baked cookies.
• Listening to "This American Life" on Saturday mornings while getting stuff done around the house.
• New running clothes that allow me to run up & down the Kirkland waterfront when it's still cold outside.
• Discovering "Heritage Park" on my Kirkland run - adding some distance to my run with a better ambiance.
  

Today I am Grateful for:

Conveniences I use every day, but take for granted:

• Electricity (in 1831 Michael Faraday discovered the first method of generating electricity by means of motion in a magnetic field).
• My Honda Accord (large-scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable automobiles debuted in 1902).
• Air Conditioning (the first modern electrical air conditioning was invented in 1902).
• My cell phone (fully automatic cellular networks were first introduced in the early to mid-1980s).
• My high-speed internet connection (on April 30, 1993, CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to anyone).
  

Today I am Grateful for:

Royal Family Kids' Camps (www.rfkc.org):

• The mission - "Creating Positive Memories for Abused Children".
• Having my week-long vacation approved so I can be a full-time camp counselor at RFKC in June.
• Memories from last year's camp - playing, swimming, reading to the kids at night, sharing our stories.
• The joy of serving with an all volunteer staff at the RFK camp.
• Having four months to look forward to meeting the new kids and seeing those returning.
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• The fact that Emily almost always laughs at my jokes - even the ones that are not that funny - love ya! :-)
• Watching a dozen small kids and teenagers skateboarding in the Port Townsend skateboard park.
• The port of Port Townsend...
  
• Praying while walking with Cliff on a sunny winter's day.
• Green cookies... mmmm.
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• A prayer-filled Sunday - walking Port Townsend & by the ocean.
• Making pancakes from scratch at the youth hostel.
• The concept of "Pay it Forward".
• Learning more about prayer from 'Cry of the Soul', a church sermon in Port Townsend, a Mars Hill sermon, and reading the book of Psalms.
• Hurricane Ridge
  

Today I am Grateful for:

A few of my favorite Bible passages:

• Romans 12:1-2
• Hebrews 12:11
• James 1:2-4
• Romans 8:28
  
• Psalm 46:10
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• My upcoming four-day weekend and personal retreat to Port Townsend.
• Playing racquetball with my roommate.
• Smiling every time I see the beauty of Lake Washington.
• Getting through a difficult client meeting where I had fight a client's denial of their disastrous situation. Being able to speak truth and not pull my punches - for the best interest of for the client.
• My fantastic community group (oh yeah, and "The Joe").
  

Today I am Grateful for:

• The support and prayers I got from my friends and my community during this past week, which was intense.
• "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7
• Understanding that not all doors are good to go through, that if I have been faithful and a door closes, there is a good reason.
  
• Feeling at peace about a door that God closed for me (MCM).
• Feeling valuable in the marketplace, and giving it my all.