1. God

2. Seeing Susana again after several years

3. Friendship

4. A helpful teacher

5. Nectarines

6. Sunlight illuminating everything I saw

7. Directions

1. God

2. Cassie took time off from work to me the fireman who discovered faulty wiring in the smoke detectors which have been sounding off at random.

3. Helpful students

4. Pep talk from Steve

5. Breeanna’s smile

6. Stumbling into the right direction

7. Owning up to mistakes

8. Things resolved without or in spite of my fussing

9. Late blooming sunflowers, one in front of the porch, others high up on the stalks

1. God

2. Admitting what I see may not be what is

3. Asking for what I need

4. Receiving validation for such

5. Steve asked me what I was doing and I said receiving a hug from Joe who said why not

6. The surprises that are people

7. Randy and his aunts

8. A mother’s smile

9. The evening leans toward you

1. God

2. Rachel for all her work with David since 6th grade

3. Jeanette fixes things

4. Eric got ready whatever I needed for the presentation

5. Loretta’s welcome and example

6. Sufficient time (but not an excuse to squander)

7. Sedum

8. Some other kind of sounds

9. Plumquats?

1. God

2. Hannah passed her driving test.  Such persistence.

3. Help from the driving school at every angle

4. Enjoying the last of the summer vegetables

5. Breakfast with Hannah and then driving her to the bus, admiring her attitude and accomplishment

6. Abundance of sunlight

7. Small fruits the color of plums, not sure what they’re called

8. Thom got out of the hospital

9. Messages and responses

1. God

2. Cassie, for cleaning the windows, and the house is practically transparent

3. How Cassie sustains friendships

4. That I could drive Cassie back and forth to Alice’s house (It’s like coming to get your teenage daughter, she teased me)

5. Cassie and Alice share a love of animals – you have to come see the dogs, Cassie texted me.  I think she wants a chihuahua. I think we have a full house.

6. Clotilda talked with us across the fence and gave us some green peppers

7. People ask what I’m doing today and I’m taking Hannah for her driving test. Even as I had to change my plans, grateful to show up for her today

8. Also appreciate that the driving school made special arrangements as well as give Hannah a refresher on Saturday

9. Coffee and doughnuts beforehand if the youths want

10. Carrying Julia’s words with me

1. God

2. A home

3. Sight

4. Breathing

5. morning chill

6. Fish

7. Spices

8. Flowers stretching for the sunlight

9. Good news

1. God

2. Breakfast with David

3. Driving on a country road

4. Seeing a field of zinnias, if only a quick glimpse, what a sight

5. Sounds unheard

6. Little by slowly

7. People offering solutions

8. Light

9. Purple world

1. God

2. Listening

3. Speaking

4. Approaching from a point of learning rather than criticizing

5. Creative students

6. For those who remember

7. For those who bear witness

8. For those who take care

9. Prayers

10. Breath inside breath

1. God

2. Spiraling day

3. Because of restraint of tongue, I left a meeting feeling happy

4. Lubricants

5. Manuals

6. Sensors

7. Liz took my call and explained where to find the cord in the podium to plug in the computer

8. The trifecta: helping a faculty member edit his assignments on the course web site, showing him his computer was already connected, and teaching him how to connect his computer to the classroom projector, all time well spent

9. Working with Erica to find a solution

10. Wonderful message from Helen, will play it again ;)