It’s been a real scorcher in Manila for the past few weeks.  Today, while travelling to the office,   it started raining.   Now everything looks more vibrant and alive.   I can’t wait for tomorrow because the patches of dried grass and wilted foliage will be vibrating with life and new leaves will appear.

Thank you God for the rain…for the promise of providence in our lives.   We know that whatever we need you will provide… in Your time.

Now the air is cooler and fresher.   Can You make it rain this weekend too?   I haven’t played in the rain for quite a while :)

1. Busy days
2. Getting things done
3. Loving every moment
4. Asking earnestly, what do I really want to do right now?
5. Honoring the answer, over and over
6. My wonderful husband
7. Long phone conversations
8. The way a warm washcloth feels on my face
9. Fresh water
10. The sun

Very Grateful for~

God’s Love
Finding the sweet spot in the shot
Maps
Mapquest
Cyndy, who finished her PhD
I have joked in the past, but for her it is not “Piled High & Deeper”
the tv show, “Meg’s Rooms”
the dry cleaners being open on Saturday
fish tacos
winning both sets yesterday in the gritty heat and being able to walk today!

Sometimes, the pain we have worked so hard to avoid is the one thing that leads us to where God calls us to go. Sometimes, feeling our need is the greatest work of faith we can surrender to. ~Bonnie Grey

1. God

2. Cassie taking Hannah to get her prom dress fitted, etc.

3. Charlene and Richard having us over

4. Clean sheets

5. Orchids

6. Peonies

7.Night

8. Stories

9. Bob keeping in touch

10.Making new friends

• This holiday weekend we have winter storm warnings…rain for us and snow in the high mountain country.
• Sleeping Giant has white fluffy cloud cover today.
• Big Sky ski runs having their spring cleaning..one great find was a $20,000. Rolex!…it was returned to the owner {$1,000. reward} :)
• Another eye injection for Gpa..it helps!…
• …visiting with a nice man who is 90 yrs. old (western shirt, bolo tie, boots) whose dad lived to be 107!…
• …the absolutely wonderful lady who went above and beyond to help us with paperwork!
• The fun eye chart at the end of a long hall that said, for the first few lines:  e  at  can  dyli  vefo  rsuga  rfalli  ngfo  rjuicy…….and then the letters were too tiny to read :):)
• The hair salon where the gals were energetic, the music was playing, and everyone was smiling…fun!
• Saw 3 gals riding their horses
• Buying a new coffee pot…deciding that manufacturers should have chocolate colored ones :)

1. Watching Ava sleep
2. As Garrett said in his list, self care
3. Finding the source
4. The essence of a thing
5. Contemplation
6. The way the world looks dreamy and surreal when you’re tired
7. This earthly holodeck
8. Seeing who we really are, not our egos, not our bodies…
9. Open hearts
10. “A human being is a part of the whole called by us “the universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical illusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening the circle of understanding and compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” – Albert Einstein

1. God

2. The music of JS Bach

3. Spinach, raw and cooked

4. Birdsong

5. Extension cords

6. Freesia

7. Fans

8. Breath

9. Movement

10. Something to entertain the cats

Very Grateful for~

God’s legacy through babies
Mary new grandson, Andrew Louis
The softness of a new baby’s skin
People, like Belle, who have the gift of drawing
Gerber Daisies
Looking at a task and knowing it is beyond me
…And saying “no, thank you” instead of the usual striving and extreme effort
My brother’s birthday today
Blackberry cobbler
Snow for Jean (maybe)

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no

one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to

do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.” ~Christopher Morley

1. God

2. Day off from work

3. Freesias

4. Many shades of blue including aqua and turquoise and sapphire

5. Healthy hosta

6. Successful surgery for our neighbor

7. Open windows

8. Cross breeze

9. Hanging fuchsia plant

10. A tire pump

1. Bubble baths
2. Writing gratitude lists in bubble baths
3. Fresh fruit (this list just took on a Cleopatra-esqe air)
4. Carving out a little bit of me time
5. Relaxing fully
6. Regenerating from the inside out
7. Sweeping clean my thoughts by moving in beautiful, loving ones
8. Great discussions
9. Letting emotions flow through
10. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” -Philippians 4:8