One thousand gifts (part five)

I continue the wonderful experience of counting my life's blessings.

I am grateful also for:

58. rainy days, when Ilaria enjoys every single slop that comes our way

(29.06.2011)

59. blogs, which give me the opportunity to witness (right from my kitchen) other mothers' experience in rising a family

60. Ilaria sleeping over the night, non-stop

61. days when I am efficient and I feel I could move the mountains

62. cooking being more like a hobby than a chore for me

63. Ilaria being an easy learning child

(30.05.2011. Ilaria is very natural with hand writing. Nobody taught her how to hold the pen, but she already knows it so well!)

64. cherries

65. hearing about friends expecting babies (congratulations and good luck with your pregnancy, Elena M.!)

66. Adrian taking care of our flowers

67. finding old friends again (Hello, Dionysia!!!)

68. the glue "Picatura", which helps me so much lately in restoring damaged objects ( Ilaria knows the best what I mean here ;-) )

This post has been linked to Ann Voskamp's gratitude community:

  

Have a blessed week!

Raluca

P.S.: My previous "One thousand gifts" post can be found here.
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One thousand gifts (part three)

I continue the wonderful experience of counting my life's blessings, linking to Ann Voskamp's gratitude community:


I am grateful also for:
39. on 23rd of February I was blessed for the 2nd time in my life to hold a positive pregnancy test
40. on 26th of February I have heard from my gynecologist that the embryo is well placed and: "look, there is cardiac activity"
41. around 05th of May I started to feel baby's movements
42. on 18th of May, after some days of self-induced stress, as I wasn't feeling baby moves, the gynecologist confirmed once again that everything is fine and that "it's a girl! 100% sure."
43. there, in the consulting room I heard Adrian saying "may SHE be healthy!", in the purest frustration-free voice, although he hoped for a boy for the 2nd time
44. echographs
45. Ilaria's tenderness, when I point out to my belly and I ask her to hug and kiss the little baby from inside
46. the beautiful woman that reminded me to pray when I am overwhelmed
47. the smell in my kitchen, when roasting eggplants for salad
48. daydreaming of a holiday
49. a new haircut
50. warm days of spring
51. friends who encourage me to make changes ( million thanks, Luminiţa! she's the girl behind my new haircut :-) )

Have a blessed week!
Raluca

P.S.: My previous "One thousand gifts" post can be found here.
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One thousand gifts (part two)

I continue the wonderful experience of counting my life's blessings, linking to Ann Voskamp's gratitude community:


I am grateful also for:
27. darling people who find time to address me nice words on this blog
28. birds singing early in the morning
29. Internet
30. white winters
31. people who share
32. pizza
33. Adrian entertaining Ilaria from the moment he enters the house's door
34. automatic washing machine
35. snowdrops
36. Domenico Modugno's music
37. water in pipes
38. elevator, which we use daily

Have a blessed week!
Raluca

P.S.: My previous "One thousand gifts" post can be found here.
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One thousand gifts (part one)

I discovered recently a wonderful blog: A Holy Experience; and I read it for about a week already. It's... beautiful. A peaceful corner in our restless world. Full of wise words and gratefulness.

Blog's author, Ann Voskamp, wrote a book. A successful one in USA.

So far, I read only the 1st chapter, which she shares here. Reading it, I became even more grateful for my life, realizing one more time how blessed I am, but how, in different stages of my life, I forget to fully appreciate what I have, being too busy with wanting more...

On Mondays, Ann organizes links community, where bloggers count their blessings. 

Here I join her for the 1st time, starting to count a part of the things in my life that I am grateful for:

1. digital cameras

2. our warm home during winter

3. motherhood

4. my helpful sister and my sweet niece

5. living in a free country

6. unannounced visits (thanks, Moni!)

7. strangers who touch my soul within minutes

8. Ilaria waking up "singing"

9. watermelon

10. good doctors

11. sweet memories

12. friends calling just for asking "how are you?"

13. maternity leave (2 years, in Romania!)

14. blue jeans :-)

15. health

16. meals cooked by somebody else

17. parents and grandparents alive

18. Ilaria's dirty clothes after playing outside (they are reminders that we have a healthy child)

19. advices coming from caring people

20. anesthetic

21. pictures that make me dream

22. Skype

23. Adrian caring after Ilaria as good as a mother

24. honest people

25. Ilaria's current looooong afternoon naps ( 3-5 hours! lucky me ;-) )

26. reaching destination after long trip on crowded driveways

Have a blessed week!

Kisses!

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