Blessings journal: thanks for all the help!

There is a lot of territory to cover to count all my blessings. I’ll concentrate on the blessings of help this season.

We had help exploring how fast our desk chairs can whirl.

Help decorating the tree.

Help making cookies.

Help inspecting the snowmobile trail before much snow fell.

Help shoveling after a lot of snow fell.

Help demonstrating advanced manual snow shovel techniques.

Help in exaggerating snowfall amounts.

Help in distributing the largesse of friends and family.

Help in appreciating atmospheric phenomena.

Help lighting the farolitos.

Help enjoying the farolitos (the only decorating we do for the holidays).

Help with the luminaria.

Help feasting.

Help saying “so long.”

Help celebrating the last day of hunting.

Help dragging Michael’s deer a half mile out of the woods through deep snow.

Help appreciating the design elements of chiaroscuro.

Help working out the kinks left from last night’s hike.

Help realizing the wonder that is this world in which we live.

Many are celebrating the end of this year as a time of “good riddance” or bemoaning the coming of change. Life always presents challenges and brings change. May we all have help in appreciating the blessings we are given.