Thankful Tuesday

As a freshman in college, I met a bright and shiny girl who wore a lot of yellow and was always accosting me in the SUB on Tuesdays asking me what I was thankful for.  (I may or may not have intentionally dodged her a time or two.)  She forever changed my Tuesdays, and gave me a concrete way to regularly practice gratitude.  Now, she's taken her Thankful Tuesday challenge to the world wide web, and invited us all to play.  So, here it goes:

• I'm thankful that every thought and memory of my friend Micha brings such a smile to my heart. 
• I'm thankful for six beautiful women sitting in my Christian Women's Job Corps classroom today, eagerly learning tools for life and employment.
• I'm thankful for funny text messages about boys from friends near and far in the middle of a hectic morning that pull a smile from my frowny face.
• I'm thankful for how selflessly my Mama loves her Mom, setting an example for me to follow.
• I'm thankful that God put the book of Habakkuk in the Bible and that when I most need to be reminded of its lessons He puts it into my teaching rotation. 
• I'm thankful for my church family and how they love me well.  In the last week alone, they've provided lunches for my CWJC ladies, picked up friends from the airport when I couldn't, and come over early on a Saturday morning to cover my pet sitting responsibilities so I could be with my sick grandmother. 
• I'm thankful that Thankful Tuesday and the time it's taken to put this list together has radically changed my attitude today.