Gratitude attitude hodgepodge

 

It's that time again! It's Wednesday, so time for the Hodgepodge -- the linkup where Joyce, at  From This Side of the Pond, asks the questions and bloggers provide the answers on their own blogs.  This week's questions feature big concepts like gratitude, true comfort, and appreciation of beauty.   Here goes!

 1. What about your upbringing are you most grateful for? 

Oh, there are so many things, but I'm incredibly grateful to have grown up surrounded by a large extended family in farm country in the 1950s-1960s.   A more innocent time.  I could safely go anywhere on that farm by myself ... and often did.  Having my grandmother next door, and aunts and uncles and cousins all within our state (many within our neighborhood) was such a blessing too.

2. What are two or three things that bring you comfort? 

1.  The sure knowledge that no matter how bad things look in our world, God is in control and will never leave us.  He is the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.

2.  The Psalms.  So comforting when we are hurting.

3.  Making foods that I remember from childhood.

Gorgeous, meaningful graphic from Abby at Little Birdie Blessings

3. Something beautiful you saw today? (or yesterday depending on when it is you're answering this question)

Well,  I guess it has to be this sweet little princess I spied on my daughter's Instagram.  The small town New England setting isn't too bad either.

4. Have you ever used a typewriter? Tell us a memory associated with that. 

I have used a typewriter.  Back in 10th grade I took Typing as a class.  From what I recall that was the year when I had German measles and then mono and I missed an awful lot of typing class.  Still, I learned the keyboard well and today I can type very fast indeed without needing to look at the keyboard very often at all.

5. Something you are grateful for today. 

Hot running water and functioning washing machine and toilets! Our water pump sprang a leak late Saturday afternoon, and so we were without those things until Mr. T could replace it with a new one.  So grateful for these comforts that make daily life so much easier.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Today I was doing some cleaning at my computer desk.  You should know that it's most often stacked with  things to scan and sell.  As I sorted through items to prioritize Christmas cards and tags, I also came upon a few other things that I've been wanting to scan.  I'd forgotten about this one below -- a page from a devotional calendar some years ago.  It also has a big concept to present, but when I saw the date I knew it had to be my "random thought" for this Hodgepodge.

And this week's hodgepodge is a wrap!  I loved answering these questions.  Why not go see Joyce at  From This Side of the Pond and snag the questions to answer on your own blog?