Very Grateful for:
God’s mercy
Jeremiah 29: 13
emails from Jean and Garrett
the songs of Todd Agnew
ceiling fans
and air conditioning
the basil plant
and even the weeds because they remind me that I have the ability to eradicate some things

Smiles, the face-to-face kind and the emoticon kind :)

“When the divine life possesses the soul, it flows over in gracious ministries among our fellowmen. The affluence becomes an influence importing itself to others.” ~John Henry Jowett in Things That Matter Most

1. God

2. Some kind of scones or corn biscuits with spinach inside

3. A new haircutter who made me nervous.  How do you want your hair cut, he asked me.  Where’s Nick, I thought, he always cuts my hair, I don’t want to have to explain to this fellow.  So I said do this, do this, I don’t know.  Shall I just cut your hair then, he asked, and I said yes and he did an excellent job, was clearly skilled at it.

4. Zinnias

5. Trimming bushes

6. Jenn picking up soda water at the grocery store for us

7. Purple cornflower

8. James Taylor’s song Music

9. A big effusive greeting from Jess

10. Silent path

1. Summer Solstice
2. An invite to celebrate with a new friend
3. Fire, roasting sticks, children playing
4. Meeting new people
5. Found a moonflower almost in bloom at the Farmer’s Market today
6. And Shetland yarn
7. 2.5 weeks to due date!
8. Precious moments with my daughter before her sibling is born
9. Savoring what is
10. This

Very Grateful for:

God’s surprises

a surprise light rain this morning (seemingly confounding the meteorologists)

the surprising benefit of an older, slower laptop. At first I pushed against it, but now I am thankful for the time to reflect between clicks

a surprising two-week meeting hiatus from one of my classes

Simon Jenkins’ comments in this surprising retreat from all things digital post

the surprising fun (and addictive quality) of the first App game I’ve downloaded called Dots and my surprise to find out that it is all about connecting

mom’s patience and endurance through all the changes she’s endured

dad’s contentment that she is home now

my surprise to discover that I’ve transitioned, being neither a “morning person” or a “night person” but more of a “mid-morning person”

“Those who look for the beautiful and pure and spiritually significant things in life can always find them – and in so doing be satisfied.” -Dave Graebel, a wonderful quote first seen on Jean’s list

1. God

2. Day lilies blooming

3. Going to the Body Worlds exhibit with Hannah and David.  I didn’t know what it was but Hannah was eager.  An exhibit that gives a tour through the human body, on life and mortality.  The process of preservation and display is extraordinary. Especially seeing it with them, Hannah having just studied anatomy and David biology, and learning a lot I didn’t know.

4. And that this body continues to function, breath, blood, heart, cells, with and predominately without thought

5. A finished project

6. Terry stopping by to visit. Albie chased Pegasus through the window.

7. Cosmos in a vase

8.. Mornings

9. Cassie resting

• Open windows…fresh air!
• New year beginning for David
• Glacier Park’s 14 in. of snow in June
• BBQing and the zillions of food possibilities :)
• New water heater…GPa says it’s planned obsolescence :)
• Annual neighborhood yard sales
• Finding Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet” among my treasures…
• …with the note inside from 1968:  “Those who look for the beautiful and pure and spiritually significant things in life can always find them – and in so doing be satisfied.” -Dave Graebel
• How treasured books, notes, letters have even more profound meanings years later.

1. God

2. A card from Cheryl and family

3. Not all or nothing

4. Sunlight

5. Talking to my father

6. Leaves

7. Thread

8. Voices

9. View of Oliver’s roses from the kitchen window

10. Bridges

1. Cooler temps
2. An hour happily spent in the garden
3. Moist earth that makes it easier to pull weeds
4. Honoring those weeds by composting them
5. Moments of peace tucked into the chaos
6. A new poem for my book
7. Solving some problems
8. Surrendering others
9. Allowing for miracles
10. Being able to help

1. Breathing
2. Recognizing triggers, even if they still work
3. Patience, especially with myself
4. Bear Grylls’ autobiography, so far
5. Switching to a midwife and a doula, so much more peace of mind
6. And the miraculous circumstances which allowed me to have a doula! <3
7. Sage, lots of sage
8. Little prompts that say hey, this is the right track
9. Unravelling knots, figuratively, energetically
10. This

1. God

2. David owning up so that he and Hannah could resolve their differences peacefully.  My jaw would have hit the floor if the table hadn’t caught it midway.

3. Remembering why I went somewhere

4. Wheels that turn  and reverse

5. Some rain

6. Lines and stripes

7. A daily inspirational message on my phone

8. Geography

9. Summer advancing