1. Sore muscles
2. Returning to healthy eating after two days of chocolate pie and divinity…
3. Seeing Logan enjoy his gifts
4. Roses
5. My husband
6. Routines
7. Getting stronger
8. Sharing books
9. Joyce Meyer
10. Love
1. Sore muscles
2. Returning to healthy eating after two days of chocolate pie and divinity…
3. Seeing Logan enjoy his gifts
4. Roses
5. My husband
6. Routines
7. Getting stronger
8. Sharing books
9. Joyce Meyer
10. Love
Very Grateful for
God’s wise people
Heirloom Pumpkin Candles
people who know how to install new tires
this Pinterest board
the music of John Fahey (who I learned of from Garrett’s list)
medicine
John Wayne movies with Dad
Dad’s quiet acceptance of his circumstances
that I did not push to complete yesterday’s “To-Do” list
What I’ve come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand
messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost
invisible acts of compassion. ~Chris Abani, novelist
1. God
2. A fine Christmas
3. Emily is a fine hostess
4. Driving my mother and father
5. Text messages with good wishes from many corners
6. Watering the plants and the tree
7. The stores stay open terribly late
8. A teapot with a cozy crocheted cover
9. Knowing what makes someone smile
10. Or someone smiling anyhow
1. God
2. Giving
3. Watching sisters together
4. Light
5. Warmth
6. Gratitude for all good Christmas wishes
7. Stillness
8. The Christmas radio station
9. John Fahey’s Christmas record
10. A gathering of family
11. Christmas Day in the Morning – sending warm and grateful thoughts to you and yours
1. Christmas Eve church
2. It’s a Wonderful Life
3. Logan opening his gifts <3
4. Having our Christmas lasagna premade and in the freezer
5. My husband's thoughtfulness
6. Logan's gratitude
7. Sugaree's excitement
8. Family
9. Love
10. Enjoying everything
1. God
2. Running water
3. Emily’s accomplishments
4. Carols
5. Stars cut out of paper Charlene made for us
6. A man whose birthday wish was for each of us to do something good for someone else
7. A woman who wished for hugs for Christmas
8. Substitute recipes
9. Food that comes from the earth
10. Shoes
Very Grateful for
God’s love
falling asleep in silence
Amelia, who swept all the leaves off the front porch
receiving payment from the last client with a balance
waking up without an assignment (for the first time since July)
a long walk with Ruby
a dishwasher
foil to cover pie crust edges
fresh nutmeg
The gift of the Magi is to hold what you have
And not think a minute of what you are missing. ~Garrison Keillor in this poem