Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Dear God,

Today I thought of those beloved women in my family who blessed my life so much.  My grandmother, aunts, and a couple of my mother's friends reached out, touched and inspired me.  They cared for me, consistently showing me love and grace and kindness.  They were as much a part of my life as the air I breathed.

I have come to the conclusion it is important to regularly count our blessings.  The women who tended to me from the moment I was born and now many who live in my memory but still continue to bless me were and are always present in my life.  It wasn't that they did anything spectacular but that their love was spectacular in the way they included me, helped me, accepted me, forgave me, taught me and so very much, much more.  Their unconditional love showed me the way to you.

Generous God,
thank you
for the
many blessings
of life.
Thank you
for bringing people
into my life.
Thank you
for Grandma Hughes,
Aunt Caroline, Aunt Jodie,
Aunt Jeanne, Nonie,
Eleanor and Frieda.
Bless these women
here on earth
and those
in heaven.

Love always, Andrea