Smooth Days and Sweet Dreams

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!