An Exercise in Thanksgiving
In preparation for Thanksgiving, here's five things I'm thankful for, in no particular order:
1. a dog safely returned home
2. the ingenuity of children
3. the free exchange of books via www.Bookmooch.com
4. genuine and heartfelt talks with my husband
5. Samuel's miraculously uninjured body after last Friday's events
On that last note, some friends at church have taken to calling him "Saint Samuel," because his trials of last Friday reminded them of a similar occurrence in the life of St. Seraphim of Sarov in which he fell from the scaffolding around a newly constructed bell tower as a young child and did not suffer any harm.
1. a dog safely returned home
2. the ingenuity of children
3. the free exchange of books via www.Bookmooch.com
4. genuine and heartfelt talks with my husband
5. Samuel's miraculously uninjured body after last Friday's events
On that last note, some friends at church have taken to calling him "Saint Samuel," because his trials of last Friday reminded them of a similar occurrence in the life of St. Seraphim of Sarov in which he fell from the scaffolding around a newly constructed bell tower as a young child and did not suffer any harm.