The Smallest Blessings Thursday

Thanks for joining me for the Smallest Blessings Thursday this week! Where are you finding your small blessings? Are you looking for them or do they just pop up? This is the whole point of this meme- recognizing that we are given many blessings daily, big and small, and remember to give thanks and praise to the Lord for them. Even the small ones deserve our thanksgiving!

If you would like to participate this week, just hop on over here to the see the rules. They're super easy and we all know each one of us has at least one small blessing to share!

This week, my small blessings are each of the milestones our Mattie has made! He still gets very timid and scared at times, but there are other times that he just runs and hops all over the yard! Look at him go!

He is starting to know what treats are and that they taste very yummy. He knows the feeling of having the back of his ears scratched. He knows that the soft, warm bed he gets to sleep in each night is safe and secure. Less and less, he's waking up from what I can only assume are nightmares, as he wakes in a panic and in self defense mode. He's learning that he doesn't have to always look over his shoulder when he's eating- no one is there to steal his meal. He's learning that mommy and daddy do not know how to stop giving him kisses and squeezing on him! I think he is just really coming into what it means to be a dog- not some faceless/nameless worker that is holed up in a crate 24/7.

I praise God for these small little miracles. And I'm so thankful that I think he's finally understanding what it feels like to be loved and cherished.

Happy puppy love!

xoxo Y

What are your smallest blessings this week?