Living as a mom

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In a previous post I wrote about a thankful jar that I had read about at Holy Experience. We actually made ours, but it is a box instead of a jar. This is what we did in case you are interested in making your own.

I found a kids’ shoe box for us to use. The kids and I cut out some old family photos and glued them to the box. Then we added stickers. C4 and I chose a Bible verse that I put on the inside cover of the box. I explained that we will fill our box with what we are thankful for throughout the month, and we will read the cards on Thanksgiving. Immediately we each filled out a card stating something that we are thankful for. The kids drew pictures, and I wrote their thoughts on the cards. We put our “thanksgiving” cards into the box. The kids were so excited that they made sure Daddy put a “thanksgiving” card into the box when he arrived home.

I started this project with the intention of teaching my children to be thankful for their blessings. I have a feeling, though, that E and I are going to learn a lot about the art of thankfulness this month, too. Since we need to model for our kids the act of adding to the box, we will be forced to think of things we are truly thankful for. We won’t want to read the same thing over and over, so we will have to think of some original ideas. We will be intentional. It will force us to slow down and take notice of our blessings.

I am excited about this venture. I hope you and your family can try out this idea, too.