"Dirty Dishes"

As we become more atuned to being thankful in all things, I think we begin to get more aware of the happenings outside our own that also show gratefulness. Here is a great song from the 2011 American Idol winner, Scotty McCleery called "Dirty Dishes".

Momma hollers, 'suppertime', and don't make me tell you twice.
Wash your hands and wipe your face. The tables no place for your toys;
And try to use your inside voice, don't dig in 'til we say, grace.
So we put down our forks and bowed our heads.
Then she prayed the strangest prayer ever said.
"I wanna thank you, Lord, for noisy children and slammin' doors,
And clothes scattered all over the floor.
A husband workin' all the time; dragging' in dead-tired at night.
Never ending messy kitchen and dirty dishes."
We all got real still and quiet and Daddy asked, "Hon, are you alright?"
She said, "There ain't nothin' wrong.
Noisy kids are happy kids, and slammin' doors
just means we live in a warm and loving home.
Your long hours and those dishes in the sink,
Means a job and enough to eat.
So I'm gonna thank you, Lord
For noisy children and slammin' doors.
And clothes scattered all over the floor.
A husband workin' all the time, draggin' in dead tired at night;
A never ending, messy kitchen.
For my little busy bees, beggin' Momma, Momma can we please.
Always waitin', needing, callin' me.
Loads of laundry pilin' up, crayons crushed into the rug,
And those little sticky kisses.
And dirty dishes. And dirty dishes."
(Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher, and Tony Martin)