It’s been years now since I started keeping a mental joy journal- a running list of the things in life that made me happy, that made my cup overflow, that brought my heart joy and made me thankful to be alive.
Sometimes my lists are filled with obvious things. Sometimes it is filled with little things [...]
written by Melinda Pound
“Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.”
George Herbert
A Grateful Heart toward God
Lord, give me a heart whose pulse may [...]
The old adage that “you don’t just marry a person, you marry a family” is never more evident than during the holiday season. Even if you don’t literally go “over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house”, the months of November and December are almost always filled with lots of family visits.
I [...]
It’s the day before Thanksgiving. One of my very favorite days in the whole year. My kitchen, like so many others across the country (and around the world—I have friends in England, France and Sarajevo celebrating this year) is a scene of happy industry, the loved and familiar scents of sweet potatoes and simmering cranberry [...]
If you were to meet me, live with me for a while, and watch how I live, you’d probably not think me the most traditional of girls, but deep in my heart I hold tightly to the Traditions of yesterdays.
While nearly everything in my world is different than it was five years ago when my [...]
