1. God

2. A kind orthodontist who took time out of his holiday to fix David’s problem with his braces

3. David has been a good sport about the whole thing and was greatly appreciative to the doctor

4. Rachel for all her work with David, and David’s acceptance that there are times when people will move on

5. Cassie threw a backyard party for Bill and Michel

6. Meeting pleasant guests, especially young, confident people

7. Lynn, Bill’s sister, thanked us for bringing two families together

8. Putting fallen sunflower stalks in a large vase with hopes they might continue to bloom

9. Keeping things simple

10. Hannah in her nursing scrubs, surrounded by her classmates

1. God

2. Learning from mistakes

3. Eccles cake

4. Other sums

5. My mother and father taking David to lunch and enjoying his company

6. Invisible work

7. Softness of a cat’s fur

8. Clear blue skies

9. Wordless

1. God

2. Avoiding a large puddle of water

3. Lunch with Paul and Nathan

4. Practice expressing my point of view without disparaging the other person’s

5. Clouds

6. Runoff

7. Seasons

8. Ecclesiastes

9. God’s gift of time

1. God

2. Caladium

3. Man made of clay pots seated on a covered wooden bench by the side of the road

4. Things inside my bones

5. This gathering of men

6. Inexplicable electrical outlet at a great height on the wall (it’s the higher power)

7. Affectionate pets

8. Cafe open again

9. A quick response and solution to a request for help

10. A pleasant conversation with someone I generally disagree with, possibly because I was willing to start on a positive note and say what’s good

1. God

2. The computer hardware and networks we depend on at work held up, mostly, under heavy use.

3. Helping a student who felt overwhelmed with the course system and was struggling with her new computer

4. Return of summer

5. Colleagues remaining relatively cheerful in a busy environment

6. Full day

7. Memories Ice Cream, with which I have good memories

8. New squash on the vine

9. Abundance of herbs

10. An invitation to lunch later this week

1. God

2. A barbecue with which to send off Emily, headed back to Chicago. I appreciate especially the time she spent with both Hannah and David.

3. Steel wool pads

4. Emily with her friends

5. Pat spoke about how librarians helped her get her college degree which was nice to hear

6. Anticipating a new school year

7. Early start to the day

8. Oliver came to visit and we gave him some tomatoes, appreciate such abundance

9. To whom who keeps a record

1. God

2. Drying clothes in the sun

3. Cleaning up the garden

4. Going over to Catherine and Richard’s and seeing Alice again

5. Gentle sleep

6. Bouquets

7. Call from Hannah.  She will sing with a professional chorus this fall.  Proud of her.

8. Brilliant colors

9. Company

10. Speaking the truth

1. God

2. Muffin, in her spry advanced age, likes to play with a cat toy

3. Hearing from Hannah, in her element, surrounded by friends (she did not have to start a new life in Scranton)

4. Still point

5. Rainbow ribbons

6. Wind moving the unplugged fan

7. The light at different times

8. Cutting flowers and watching them grow again

9. The air punctuated by bells

10. More instructions

1. God

2. Opening the heart

3. picking up David at the airport and thinking this is no longer a little boy but an emerging young man

4. That a friend picked up Hannah in Scranton, Pa., so she won’t have to start a new life there though I supposed she could have worked for Dunder Mifflin

5. Whatever I thought was wrong

6. Getting another perspective

7. Going about my day with a generally good will

8. The theme

1. God

2. Reminders and again

(in case I didn’t get it the first time or the other)

3. Lightening sky, like Jean’s description of it :)

4. Phone message from Helen

5. Coffee with Steve and his calm perspective

6. The village green

7. The lady at Hot Dog Annie’s with the apron that read “O Happy Day”

8. Hannah with her multicolored hat signed by all her campers

9. An affectionate cat