Blessings

You know that familiar sound that takes you back in time to a certain memory? It could be a song that pops on the radio, or a airplane flying overhead. I realized last night as I heard the familiar sound of a ball bouncing that my mind instantly flashed to Parker standing in the street shooting baskets, simple I know but you see up until lately it was just that a memory in the past and as I heard the familiar sound again last night it was a sweet sound. It was a sound that marked another victory in this house, another part of the puzzle put back in place. As I was doing dishes watching out the window at the boys playing basketball together I realized that sometimes in life it is the small things we miss the most and don't even realize it. God has been great to us Parker has been responding great to his treatments and he is morphing a little everyday back into my fun loving energetic boy. As we continue in our busy life as a family of five I make it my life's mission to see to it that we focus on the positive of every situation and that we don't let one blessing escape without thanks. We have tons to be thankful for and this is only one example, yes to everyone else it is just a bouncing ball, but to me it is a blessing. Albert Schweitzer once wrote, In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. Don't let this happen give thanks in all that you do and you to will be blessed.