Mighty God,
Thank you for a beautiful day
a day full of hope and promise
thank you for the sunshine and flowers,
those gifts that I often take for granted

Thank you for the people in my life
the fierce friends, work friends, neighbors,
and the family that can irritate me 
and make me laugh at the same time
and my sweet husband

Thank you Lord, for my boys
who are grown, yet will always be my babies,
please keep them safe and help them to figure 
out the complex issues that life throws at them
and help them to navigate the hard times with grace

Please help those who are heavy on my heart
with serious illness and complex problems
help them to know that they are not alone and 
please put people in their lives to help 
and help those already there to be a blessing

Thank you for loving me,
as I make mistake after mistake until I realize that,
yes, you were trying to tell me that wasn’t a good idea
please help me listen for your voice, before I charge 
ahead with my own will

I love you and thank you for the gift of life,
and all the blessings that you have bestowed on me
thank you for this big, wonderful world you created
and thank you for the many unique and wonderful people that you put in it
and thank you for words, that I use every day to communicate with you and others.

Amen