Today may be the last day of my week long birthday celebration and I felt like I received so many gifts. This morning I talked to my aunt who turned 90 on our mutual birthday. I thanked her for the card and beautiful blouse she sent me from her favorite QVC. She told me about her wonderful party with all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. My family is a gift. In the afternoon I was treated to lunch by a couple of friends. We went to my favorite Mexican restaurant and ate, visited, reminisced, laughed and made plans to get together again. Later I received a text from a far away friend who has one of my dad’s photos. She is growing amaryllises and noticed that the photo she has matches the flowers. She just realized it and wanted to share it with me. My friends are a gift. When I was just about home, I received notice that my car was ready to be picked up. It had been in the shop a couple of days to repair the dents that happened when an object hit the hood on my last road trip. Getting my car back was a gift. After dinner, my neighbor came over and brought me pie from an event she volunteered for. We chatted for a while about faith experiences. She and her husband gave me a card with heartfelt words of gratitude. My neighbors are a gift. So is pie. As I reflected on this day, I was more aware of how much God takes care of me. As much as I am grateful for all the gifts mentioned here, I am most grateful for my relationship with God, who is the giver of all good gifts.

I Found God today in many good gifts.