grateful heart

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity . . . It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
~ Melodie Beattie

Today I have a grateful heart for so many reasons. So thankful for the love of family and friends. And this Thanksgiving, I have a heart overflowing with gratituide that I'm going to be a Grandma!

Yep. Blessed with my first grandchild next May. I still well up with tears whenever I think about a sweet new life welcomed into our family. So, if any of you have noticed me pinning sweet nursery ideas and baby photo ideas on my BabyPinterest board, that’s why. I’m thinking about re-doing my dumping ground computer room into a baby’s room. It gives me a reason to use all of those sweet little baby things I’ve saved and carted around for years.

Later today, when you are done with the turkey and fixins, and you have propped your feet up to relax and reflect upon the day, take time to view this amazing video. It is full of stunning images accompanied by the words of a wise man reminding us to open our heart to the unique blessings of life around us each day.



Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

xo maureen

texture tuesday two-fer edition

It's Tuesday, time for some texture work for Texture Tuesday at the Cafe. When I saw the theme for this week was two, I fired up my Photoshop Organizer and went looking through my archives for two.

Two of anything. Here are a few of the photos I found. First up, two of my favorite vintage items on a shelf, an old falling down house with two windows.

Two vintage alarm clocks, and a photo of my two parents.

Two keys on a lovely old weathered door with enough peeling paint to have a luscious texture all its own.

And this one, two more wonderfully worn vintage items. And if you look closely, you can see that the dictionary is opened to the definition of the word photography. Heh. I'm clever that way.

Be sure to visit the Cafe for more lovely Texture Tuesday images.

xoxo
maureen