Oh, there you are...

It's been a week of fast {and slow}. Fun {and miserable}. Healthy {and sick}. Loud {and quiet}. Exhausted {and exuberant}.

There's been very little writing {my soul has missed it most}, and reading has been less too. Many thoughts {and daydreams} of sleep. And sighs over goals and projects planned {but never begun}.

Normally life's somewhere in the middle {minus the sick part - I'm grateful that health is most often constant}.

And I'm embarrassed to admit that in the low parts, gratitude was very far from what I felt. I saw what I didn't have {and I dwelled there for longer than I care to share}.

But now, as I sit in relative quiet waiting for my peppermint tea to brew, I can see grateful was there {is there} all week {even when I was too consumed to let it in}.

I'm grateful for a laughing baby {happily snuggled in her great-grandmother's arms}.

I'm grateful for roasted almonds {and dark chocolate too}.

I'm grateful for my little miss two who with limited words, chooses them so well {"I kiss your head better Mummy" "No worries, be alright" "I love you"}.

I'm grateful for a warm bed to sleep in every night {and the man I share it with}.

I'm grateful for my body's message to slow down {even if I didn't appreciate it's delivery in the form of a cold}.

I'm grateful for the colours of sunset {that surprised me with beautiful reflections through the frosted panel on our front door}.

I'm grateful for long walks with water views {and a little girl who loves to search for planes in the sky}.

Elisa xx

{Linking with loads more gratitude at Kidspot's 52 weeks of Grateful}

What are you feeling grateful for this week?