smooth workdays all in a row
birthday celebrations, and seeing friends not seen in a while
counting the days...and savoring the minutes
absolute certainty
rearranged furniture and fresh perspective
warm, sudsy dishwater
popcorn and chocolate-covered raisins with my buddy
encouraging comments, and twitter banter,
and reading the heart stories of new friends
warm greetings from strangers as I enter the church
and that instant kinship we feel
the scent of warm cinnamon while the cookies bake
the way the curtains flutter with the windows open,
and the quick temperature drop when the storm comes,
and the thunder always on the outside
good news in the middle of a difficult week
that sweet woman's "you could be SISters!"
dreaming sweet dreams while I'm wide awake
meeting kari's friends, putting faces with the names, and talking silly to their baby girl, and knowing I sound goofy and not caring
that yummy feeling when the warm sun is slowly soaking into my bones and I feel warm all the way through, but I'm not quite too warm yet
rejoicing with that sweet little boy with the freckles and the cowlick and the shy handshake as he publicly states that he now knows Jesus...and his little smile when my daughter tells him that I think he's cute
the honeysuckle assaulting my senses, sending me to another time...
and the sprig I snapped free and brought home
brief chats with sweet older neighbors
taking notice of the details
trusting God for the unseen
(A Thousand Gifts #522-553)
Happy Monday!
