7. Hands

I’m thankful for hands. I’m in awe as I’m typing this blog. All ten of my fingers work together to push buttons in a certain order to create words with the help of my brain!

Our hands have 5 fingers on them each...each finger is important in our daily rountie. We use hands to open/close doors/drawers/jars/presents, to pick up something you dropped on the floor, to hold your significant other hands, to pray, to throughly wash our hair, to hold & move the toothbrush to brush our teeth, to cook, to bake, to sign ASL, to raise our hand to ask questions, and the list goes on!

I’m just amazed at the many bones and muscles that are in our hands alone! And..how well they work together.. If one part was missing...life would be so much more difficult! God’s just pretty much awesome in that way.

YAY for hands! :)

Validation :)

My boyfriend found this video a year ago and I thought of it today (probably because I'm editing the WU Catalog 11-12 and I working on the "Validation of Credits Policy" section). It made me smile. I hope it makes you smile too! :)

6. Feet

According to Web MD :
"The feet are flexible structures of bones, joints, muscles, and soft tissues that let us stand upright and perform activities like walking, running, and jumping."

It's crazy how a simple yet complex structure of bones, joints, muscles, and soft tissues that is at the ends of our legs can be so helpful! We can move from place to place by walking, running, jumping, skipping, side-shuffling, swimming and all that jazz. Feet helps us to maintain our balance, support our weight, and keep us moving. It's crazy how fast the brain has to communicate to the feet to pick up one foot in front of the other... it's a long way from the brain yet it happens less than a second, and it's almost of an instinct because we don't have to concentrate so hard... "left foot, move 2 feet in front of you in 2 seconds when you see the right foot pass you." Thank goodness. I already have enough things to think about! God is brilliant!

I guess, I got this sudden weird feeling of thankfulness yesterday because someone was telling me the broke bones in her feet in 4 different places over the years. She would have to rest for months to wait for those bones to heal. It seems like we aren't thankful for our health until we get sick. Maybe it's a good thing that we get broken bones, bruises, cuts, illnesses, and so on because...it reminds us to be thankful for all the times we didn't have those things.

Oh! And another side note...another added bonus of having feet is that girls can be creative on the toe nails using awesome and colorful nail polish. :)