My cup runneth over

Here’s why:

Scotty is sleeping through every other night! Ironic that our newborn is giving us far fewer night time stirrings than his big brother (who still wakes us once or twice a night...). We went to the clinic this week for Scott’s 8 week weigh and vaccinations. He weighs 5.7 kg and is nearly 60 cm tall.

Cam has officially been wearing undies for a week now! Woo hoo! :)

I’m also celebrating cappuccinos, friends, rain, handwritten postcards in the mail, maternity leave, summer evenings on the stoep, the prospect of our new home, a friend for Lola (Heather’s corgi has come to live with us), dancing with Cammy and Scott in the lounge, and Christmas decorations.

I’ve been conscious again this week of how much poorer our lives would be without my sisters’ kids, the boys’ cousins. What a privilege for them to be growing up in a big, busy, noisy, happy family!

And my cup runneth over because we are free. The sermon this morning at WBC was about real freedom: the freedom we have to live with a clear conscience, to have personal access to God the Father, to have the power to do what’s right, to live with meaning and purpose, and to have no fear of death or dying. We are free indeed!

'Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.' -- Melody Beattie

'In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.' -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

'None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.' -- Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

'There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.' -- Ralph H. Blum