The week of Halloween Denver got about 2 feet of snow. Within four days, all that snow was gone. Its crazy how bipolar Colorado weather can be. One day I can be wearing flip flops and have the AC on in my car, the very next day, I am wearing mittens, a scarf and digging my little car out of the snow. This morning, I woke up to about 1o inches of snow on the ground. Have to admit that it is absolutely beautiful.
That is the think I love about snow. It makes everything look so clean. It forces people to slow down. The city becomes quiet. The air has a bite to it and you can't help but exhale so you can see your breath. And even sometimes, the snow reveals the inner child in all of us. We can't help but pick up a handful and make a snowball or flop down in it and make a snow angel. Some of us even stand out there, looking up to the sky with our tongues out trying to catch a single snowflake.
This weather also marks the beginning of the winter season which is packed full of reasons to celebrate. Christmas decorations are up all over the city and Christmas Carols are being blared in all the local super markets. How easy it is to skip over Thanksgiving and jump straight towards Christmas.
Thanksgiving is a holiday that has been watered down a bit. Last year, I worked on Thanksgiving day, it didn't feel like a holiday. This year I actually have the week off and if all goes as planned, I will be escaping the city back to Durango to get some much needed mountain time. Some time to really sit back, relax and reflect on how many blessings I have in my life. I can't wait to sit in my living room with a cup of Dad's coffee and start to sort through some really important decisions that I will be having to make in the next 6 months. Thank God for going home.
This year I am grateful for so many things. I am thankful for an amazing family and a place I can come home to. I am thankful for a Savior who shows me grace ever single day. I am grateful for a job and a career that I love. I am thankful for the people I interact with everyday and the laughs, challenges, joy and frustrations they bring me. I am thankful and it is my hope that I can live a life of gratitude.
Hebrews 12: 28
28 Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.
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