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

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