Simple Gifts

I've always felt it is SO important to stop and appreciate the simple gifts God gives us as we walk through life.  There's no huge advance in our paperwork (which we'd really hoped there would have been this week), but God certainly gave me one of those simple gifts this week.  You'll recall in my previous post that I booked my next trip to Haiti for May.  I wanted to book that trip as soon as possible, but as with our October trip last year, things just weren't workign out!  So, I ended up booking my trip for May.  Turns out this was necessary, as it's looking like we'll JUST have all our paperwork ready to go then.  The simple gift I am referring to came a few nights ago when I was entering some mundane event on my calendar and realized that the Sunday I will be in Haiti (WITH CATRINA) is Mother's Day!  I hadn't even thought about the fact that Mother's Day was coming up and now I get to spend it with my daughter!  I can't think of a better gift for that day!  Praise God for simple blessings!  :-)