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Sometimes in the middle of our busy life, I love to stop and enjoy the small things; the kids laughing together in the play room, singing in the car, exploring some new and wonderful creation of God's and having cute, cuddle time with Daddy. Today I enjoyed watching my husband truly r-e-l-a-x. He was laying on the couch doing absolutely nothing and its a sight that's rare to see around here.

We got some very sad news this afternoon though and its really thrown me into the "be thankful for what you have, because you don't know how long its yours" mode. -- Jason's Grandpa Grant (who passed away last year) has a lot of family up in Oregon and today we got word that his Granddaughter Beth, was killed in a car accident last night. I want to say she was 16 or 17 years old - we spent Thanksgiving with her this past year and enjoyed getting to know her and her family a little better. The news was, of course, shocking, but just as soon as it was told to me, I stopped and realized that it was not shocking to God. He knew the day she was born, when her final breath would be. I felt very comforted knowing that and could only stop and pray that her parents and family are feeling the Lord's tender comfort and love right now. God often uses times like this to remind me of what's important in life and what's just "white noise" as I like to call it. :) Its so often the little things we need to be thankful for and not all the big hoopla.

Hold what you have very loosely, but be thankful and don't take blessings for granted. Love, with Christlike love and enjoy being loved. Serve God and glorify Him and you won't have any regrets when you take your last breath.