Day 366: DEC 31 WE MADE IT!!!!

Poop! This has been sitting in draft since Saturday and I forgot to publish it! Classic! It was a leap year so there's actually 366...

It's day 366! I can't believe it!

I know I fell woefully behind on gratitude posts at some points throughout the year, but I made it! For the few who have been with me since the beginning, thank you!

I am certain that God put this idea and desire in my heart at the end of 2016 because He knew I would need it this year. The grace that has been poured out to me as I contemplate my daily gratitude aided me so greatly in what has been a difficult year in many ways.

Finding a thing, experience, person or song to be grateful for each day has helped me maintain perceptive in trying times, and has definitely enhanced my life in positive ways. I'm not sure where we go from here on ye olde blog. New year, new beginnings! We'll see where the new year takes us.

This very morning: coffee, chatting, reading, planning. #myfavorites

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As usual, Jenny says everything I want to say, and says it so much better! I love what she says here about how she was touched by mercy in this Year of Mercy. Read it here now.

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With Praise and Thanksgiving

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