1. God
2. A book for Jenn
3. An unexpected phone call from Steve and a chance to talk things over
4. Welcome from Ingrid
5. Swallowing my pride and not being poisoned
6. A pot full of zinnias and sunflowers next to me
7. Cool clammy day
8. First ripe tomato
9. Sitting and standing
1. God
2. Owning up to things
3. And standing up
4. Letting you be you
5. Alexis with Ella
6. Convergence
7. Astounding growth from a shoot
8. Shaving lotion from Cassie
9. Gratitude everywhere
10. Something beautiful from Julie
1. God
2. Paul took me to lunch
3. Stumbling across a study on how gratitude works, which examines a function called the WTR (Welfare Tradeoff Ratio,) but the writer might have looked at WLG :)
4. A tense meeting that went well
5. tomatoes beginning to ripen
6. the kids next door fascinated with Ella
7. John in Maine
8. Finding more vases and putting flowers in them
1. God
2. Help from Laurie getting through something emotionally intense
3. Good time at dinner with Hannah and David
4. Phone ran out of juice and I was sans charger (a San-Disk wouldn’t help,) which was probably a good thing
5. Sunflowers in unexpected places, such as the alley way
6. Birthdays
7. Jokes
8. Paul stopped by with some results from our project which looks like it will work
9. Giving Pam some good news
10. A walk in the park
1. God
2. Seeing to things
3. Cassie taking the eggplant from the garden and making eggplant parmesan
4. Texts from Thom and Kyle
5. Charise’s friendly greeting and full smile
6. Crystal’s resourcefulness especially with feelings
7. Sally’s beautiful garden images
8. Helen’s dad home from the hospital
9. Finding material online that Cassie can use in her work
10. Asking Charlie about Rob, his brother, whom I used to know, and finding out that he’s doing well
1. God
2. First things first
3. A student asking me for a job recommendation, honored to help
4. The sergeant walking by to tell us of the tornado warnings (he’s my guardian angel)
5. Bookends (they can also be used to preserve memories)
6. Writing things down (thank you, Crystal, for the reminder ;)
7. Clouds
8. After the noise subsided
9. Sight of Pegasus in the morning
1, God
2. Zucchini muffins (even if I overcooked half)
3. Breakfast with Ellen, Thom and Jason
4. Rain
5. Electricity, especially as the neighbors were without and the company truck has been parked nearby all weekend with a generator
6. Oliver came over and mentioned he’d never seen the grass so green here. That’s all Cassie’s work.
7. A broken glass bowl which was a wedding gift and finding someone to fix it
8. Things that are unspoken
1. God
2. A night’s sleep
3. Messages from Helen with good news about her dad
4. Cheryl is out of the hospital
5. Working in the garden with Cassie. She does a beautiful job and works fast.
6. Sitting at the umbrella table with Jenn and Rammel
7. A tall vase for a giant sunflower
8. Company of cats
9. Dorrie walked up to me in the library and said “you never know who may approach you and give you a kiss.” It was great to see her after many months.
10. A parting message from Chloe as they went to the airport
1. God
2. David’s put in such effort at his summer internship that the folks there want him to continue working, possibly during the school year. It was great to learn all this from his counselors yesterday and have a good meeting with them and thank them for their support.
3. Hannah was named counselor of the week at her camp
4. The young ladies at the toy store who helped me pick out gifts for Andrew’s children, they were so patient and thoughtful, understood that I needed things the boys could take for a long plane trip, and they wrapped everything for me. I asked their names so I can tell their boss how helpful they are and to give them a raise. :)
5. Chloe makes a fine lemon meringue pie
6. Cassie hand wrote the invitations for Bill and Michel’s upcoming wedding (she did so for ours eleven years ago too.)
7. Sight of bright colored flowers from the kitchen window
8. Flowers in vases
9. Closeness
1. God
2. Coffee with Steve. Wishing I had his perspective, calmness and groundedness, although a)he didn’t acquire it overnight b)he’s willing to help me c)I don’t live with him or see him all day so he probably has his moments of not so calmness
3. Spending the day with Andrew, my brother, Chloe, his wife and their three children, Leon, Alan and Simon. They are active, energetic and well-behaved children.
4. Chloe planned out a route when we finally got out of the house.
5. A place I haven’t been which is a pond you can walk around, woods, some downs with flowers
6. A loon diving and resurfacing
7. A rabbit amongst the flowers
8. A family of swans with the gander strutting to protect them. Chloe said it was the female, the male was in the prone position watching TV
9. My mother and father for hosting my brother and his family and maintaining patience and a sense of humor throughout
