Eucharisteo

Giving Thanks for the Thousands of Daily Gifts
[An On-going List for Life, inspired by the book, "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voskamp]

• The care and kindness of the husband God gave me. The Lord must love me so very much!!
• My Eternal Rock
• Friends. Uncomplicated friendships that just give me a home to curl up in...
• Hearing the stirring testimony of a faithful woman who survived the Holocaust
• Photography and all the beauty in front of my lens to be captured
• Our special weeks in the camper
• My handsome husband!
• Wearing my Mom's lovely, lacy wedding dress
• My beautiful wedding day!!!
• The first snow!
• Being home again
• My darling new baby niece, Terra Lynne!
• My gorgeous Auntie Melissa
• My darling cousin and friend Emily and her lovely wedding
• A beautiful French wedding of friends
• A safe road trip through Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, and France!
• The South of France!
• My handsome fiance :)
• Charles' perfect proposal
• Our future together!
• My amazing friends. God is soooo good to me in them!
• Being ENGAGED!!!
• My beautiful new goddaughter Rosalie and her chubby-chubby-chubby-ness :) Love her!
• For my fabulous Smith friends and my 3 weeks with them.
• That Charles and I were able to volunteer with the ministry on Sheppey together and learned a lot about ourselves in the process...
• For a BRILLIANT experience of sharing my testimony with the youth at The Noise on Sheppey. God is so good to redeem our stories for our good and His glory!
• For the kindness of friends and acquaintances regarding the loss of my Grandma
• That Charles was with me when I learned the news that my Grandma had passed away...
• That I got to SPEAK to her on skype the morning before she died!! Thank You, Lord!!
• For the things I was given to remember Grandma by
• For my cousins and aunts and uncles and the relationships we have.
• That my Grandpa is doing okay after losing his wife of 61 years. Love him so...
• That I was able to get home for my Grandma's funeral with my family despite everything going on
• My Grandma-- her life and her legacy
• My Grandma, and that there is hope for her health...
• Chatting late into the night with my man-- making plans and making one another laugh and exchanging so many 'I love you's! 
• old "Vicar of Dibley" episodes :)
• A beautiful new orchid blossom-- my first ever!
• Empathy
• A pretty little oil painting arriving for me in the mail from my lovely artist friend who is off traveling the world
• Compassion
• Imagination
• The way a single candle will brighten the soul of a whole room
• The cleverness and delight of a Dickens novel
• Modern technology for keeping in touch!
• Slottskogen-- such an amazing blessing to this city!
• The way everything is a gift, if only we're looking with the right eyes
• Satin & lace nighties
• A friend making me a birthday cake
• My Auntie Melissa
• Summer days
• Thoughtfulness
• A clean, bright, beautiful flat to look after for a month!
• Inspiration
• Fika with a new friend
• Baileys :)
• A gorgeous, thought-provoking book which is sad to put down at the end...
• Sunshine!!!!!!
• My too-precious-for-words nieces and nephews, and more on the way!
• My Mom
• My darling friend Lizzie
• My precious goddaughters
• Music!!!
• The measureless love of God and how He reminds me of it again and again and again
• My man's witty sense of humour and how we laugh together!
• My man's thoughtfulness
• My man's tender nature 
• Good books
• Getting excited about writing!
• Bible study podcasts encouraging my soul as my hands work
• Being in love
• Reading an inspiring book
• wildflowers 
• Swedish sunshine 
• My Beth Moore bible studies 
• Ireland!!!
• Traditional Irish music played live in the pubs 
• Baileys 
• Soft kisses by the sea 
• An entertaining tour guide :)
• The sights of London in the summer sun! 
• That there is always something to be thankful for if you look for it 
• The 2 pretty cream and pink roses in a tiny blue vase in front of me 
• Having friends the world over 
• Skyping with Jacks 
• That my parents loved me and took care of me well as a child 
• Friends who listen
• Pretty stationery 
• Praying with Charles
• the Swedish sunlight
• Coffee with honey and cinnamon
• Yoga and prayer in the morning
• A week with the handsome boyfriend 
• Great worship music at church
• Kind words from a stranger
• The pastor praying for me
• Feeding old bread to hundreds of Swans at The Point
• Kenan cuddles
• The way He reaches out to me
• Inspiration
• A family vacation
• On-going conversations of depth and truth and heart-sharing with Aunt Melissa
• Visiting Nashville, 15 years too late, and loving it
• Bible studies over the phone with my man
• Making a visit to my grandparents'  and grandma's house
• Rediscovering a box of old novels I wrote in my school notebooks
•  Revisiting the art of pencil sketching 
• Long, late-night talks about anything & everything with my sister and bro-in-law 
• hot cocoa
•  My handsome man  
• LONG hot baths! 
• Kind bank clerks
• Writing real love letters 
• Spring-like days
• Boy play with my two adorable nephews!
• Mom's chicken enchiladas :) 
• Literature!! And how it moves me
• Connecting over Skype with a dear friend 
• Savoring cuddles with my GORGEOUS nieces and nephews 
• Christmas at home!
• My little brother Jonah and all the laughs we share 
• That the Kingdom of Heaven is mine 
• Looking things up in the original Greek and having the light bulb snap on
• Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
• Night time walks 
• understanding friends
• The Church as He meant it to be
• My handsome man
• Going home soon 
• Grace 
• Purpose 
• Making great secondhand finds 
•  Long walks talking to God 
• Visits to England to spend time with my man 
• Reeses Peanut Butter Cups 
• Blog giveaways
• Autumn colours
• Skype calls to ones I love 
• Aunties posting lovely gifts of books to me!
•  Being in love
• The wisdom and encouragement of Scripture
• The flexibility of freelance work!
•  The Cotswolds! 
• Slumber parties :)
•  Getting surprise post from lovely, thoughtful cousins and aunties
• Gaucho pants
• Gorgeous weddings 
• The way just working on writing for publication makes me feel more alive... 
•  Beautiful Autumn days 
• Returning to England
• That long-awaited kiss from my man! 
• weddings 
• College friends
• Cuddles
• Laughter at Church
• Doing Church the way it's meant to be
• Hope
• My precious nieces and nephews and all the joy they bring!
• The colour green
• Charles
• Wearing my hair in curls
•  Sunny Swedish islands
• Lazy mornings in bed with a cup of coffee
• Email conversations with my lovely cousin Em
• Phonecalls home to my big sister
• Courgettes
• Jesus' presence
• Cuddles from a sweet 2-year-old baby girl speaking Swenglish
• bread and butter 
• Worship music with an acoustic/folk bend
• Quotes that make me think
• Lazy mornings in bed with a coffee
• 3am chats with friends
• Coffee in the morning 
• Hiking up a mountain to pray
• Jesus' mercy
• The written word
• A pretty journal
• Peaches