Simply Thankful: Lessons from November

Photo 52, Week 47:  Thankful

When it became evident that I would be driving my kids to school this year 

instead of sending them out to the bus,

the thoughts that filled my head

were not necessarily pleasant.

Leaving the house at 7:15 AM in the dark and cold?

No thank you.

But somehow the most dreary days

are when I've seen things that have made me want to go back

and grab my camera.

And thankfully, some days I can.

November has been busy!

Some days I can't see the forest through the trees.
It has not been much of a blogging month.

But the month that I usually consider bleak and barren

has proven to be much more beautiful

than I typically notice from the safety of the kitchen window.

One thing I've failed to notice before

is the way the ice reflects light and color

before it is covered with snow.

And also, that once the lake is frozen and you can't skip stones anymore,

people apparently slide them across the ice for entertainment instead.

November also seemed to want to tell me this year

that brown is woefully underrated,

and that if I can't find a little color in my world,

I may not be looking hard enough
or in the right places.

Photo 52, Week 48:  Photographer's Choice

But maybe my favorite lesson
was that everything can change in the time it takes to walk around the lake.

May God grant you the gift of sufficient grace
 to find the color in your life
this Thanksgiving!