10,000 Reasons for My Heart to Sing
“For all your goodness I will keep on singing … 10,000 reasons for my heart to find”
#628-#760 on my Happy List (See all at http://ifoundbeauty.wordpress.com/beths-1000/)
- 10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman
- Memorial Day tributes
- Red, White & Blue all around town
- Flyovers
- “Start your engines”
- A yard of bricks
- 11 Rows of 3
- Indy cars on the last Sunday in May
- Jim Nabors: Back Home Again in Indiana
- Andrettis
- Squeaky flip-flops
- Remembering 2 cars working together are always faster than 1 alone
- Well-oiled pit crews at work
- Sun showers
- A quick cooling rain at the beach
- Mini golf, than ice cream in a beach town — a perfect nightcap
- Aloe
- The calmness of a professional in a high-stress situation
- Soldier Homecoming videos
- Homemade chicken salad
- Lunch on the beach
- Pageantry & Tradition
- Little girl bathing suits
- Inflatable pools in the front yard
- The continuous shot feature on my camera
- Taking off the training wheels
- A husband who supports my quiet times
- Charge, by Brendon Burchard
- A hole-in-one! (even if it’s just mini golf)
- Christian enjoying Grandma’s house
- Thinking about special visits to my own grandparents’ houses
- Kids at the beach
- A good surfer’s day
- A flock of hunting pelicans
- Hydrangea in bloom
- Hibiscus flowers
- The old days of listening to the Indy 500 on the radio in our backyard
- Squealing girls (for a little while)
- Being Aunt Beth
- Lip balm after a day in the sun
- My blog readers
- Signs of spring turning to summer all over my yard
- A 2-year-old spotting a gecko
- Coloring books
- Grand slams that win games
- Gracious winners
- Exploring new places with my camera
- Having a friend sleep over
- Extra innings
- When things cost less than you budgeted
- Hotel deals on Priceline
- College sports
- Freshly vacuumed carpet
- Clean sheets
- A thrown-together dinner that turns out yummy
- A formal invitation to a military retirement celebration
- Being confirmed for a Pentagon escort
- A bird’s nest on our porch
- Watching mama & daddy bird protect the nest
- Baseball uniforms dirtied by hard play
- Frisco eating with her paws
- A free T-shirt
- Being a pint low on O- to save someone else
- Sitting under a ceiling fan
- Putting lotion on my feet at the end of the day
- Potluck dinners
- Best Ball golf tournaments
- Driving a golf cart
- Caprese salad
- Deviled eggs
- Manna Church
- Glee
- Deuteronomy 2:3
- Dental Floss
- Turtles in a pond
- Small Group kick-off night
- The opportunity to tell someone what you admire about her
- Finding nail clippers when you need them
- The beauty of a golf course
- Swans
- Guacamole in single-serving packages
- The moment when a big project goes from Hot Mess to Making Progress
- Looking at old photos
- Yearbooks
- The bonfire solution for getting rid of trash
- Magazines
- “Mom, feel my muscles”
- “Mom, let’s cuddle”
- Putting down food that doesn’t taste good
- Music boxes
- Christian’s made-up games
- Laughing until your stomach muscles hurt
- Coconut Lime Verbena scented lotion
- Sleeping dogs
- Boxes labeled “Keepsakes”
- Opening Keepsake boxes from time to time
- Saying “no” to Cracker Barrel Biscuits
- Baseball hats on bad-hair days
- Non-sweating drink cups
- Home Alone – no matter how many times you’ve seen it
- Locating long-forgotten books
- Notes delivered via paper airplane
- Playoff Beards
- Zambonis
- Jumbotrons
- The Stanley Cup
- The hockey tradition of shaking hands at the end of a series
- The expectation of an amazing summer
- The moment you notice a headache is gone
- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy
- Music Countdown specials
- Award Shows
- Women’s Power Networking
- Hanging out with other life coaches
- Fuzzy furred goslings
- Thank you notes in a child’s handwriting
- MOM: Manager of Miracles
- A patch of blue in a stormy sky
- Organizing my office supplies
- Diner’s, Drive-ins, and Dives on the Food Network
- Cheesy competition TV shows … any and all of them
- A DVR to record the cheesy competition TV shows my husband does not enjoy (which is also any and all of them)
- A free air-conditioner when ours broke
- Finding old writings and projects
- Life Lessons from Baseball
- Weather radar maps
- The Amplified Bible
- Old-fashioned hour glasses
- Online sermons
- Singing in the car
- Little voices singing big worship songs
- Having an answer to the every day inquiry of “What’s for Dinner?”
- Stepping out on a limb and finding it holds
- Learning Evalene will have her WHOLE family in town for her 75th Birthday
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