We were recently without power for 33.5 hours. I discover a list of things I take for granted every day.

• Flip a switch and lights come on
• Water, for drinking, washing and toilets; in the country we need power to run water our pumps; fortunately I keep 15 gallons of water on hand for emergencies.
• Internet! We have become so dependent on it for everything. 
• Lights, candles and flashlights only show you a little at a time. There’s another lesson in that one. More later. 
• Heat, fortunately we have a fireplace to heat part of the house.
• Cooking, we made use of several restaurants to sustain us and a movie for some entertainment
• Doing laundry, our washer was locked up as soon as the power went off
• That people will go fix the problem as soon as I need them to, quickly and on my schedule. Thank you Ontario HyrdoOne!
• Someone who will pray for me

What do you take for granted? What should you be thankful for?