It's Thursday and I am thankful. I am joining with my friends Helen and Shelley (you know  - two of those lovely friends I mentioned last week?!) to spread a little more Gratitude.  Today, I am saying thanks for the little things. Those things that make hard days better and good days great.I am thankful for how good hot coffee can taste in the morning. This coffee is especially wonderful when it is brought to me by my husband. Something about coffee I didn't make for myself just tastes better.On that note, I am thankful for the mornings I wake up to clean dishes waiting in the dishwasher. My husband works nights and often it can feel like we are spinning in two different orbits. Some mornings he gets home a little early and rather than falling into bed, he chooses to check the kitchen. If it was one of  "those" nights (which as a de-facto single mother at night, it all too often is), and the dishes are stacked in the sink and on the counters and on the stove, it can be overwhelming to wake up to in the morning; doubly true when I don't have clean items for packing lunches. We have a galley kitchen and one day's dishes makes us look like an episode of Hoarders. So when I come into a neat kitchen with clean dishes, it makes my day start 100% better.I am thankful for those spots of sun that warm a place on carpet.I am thankful for easy pickups after school.I am thankful for the moments at bedtime when the tough ten year old facade drops from Sonny-Bunny and he says he loves me.I am thankful when my daughter yells back that she loves me at drop-off.They may be little things but they make a big difference!What are you thankful for today? Are they little things?Share your Linky here: