gratitude

some moments that have been delighting my heart lately.

it is really easy for me to see all of the broken parts. all of the pieces that aren’t quite right. within my own home. within my own heart. so that is why i must, i must look for these things because otherwise the broken parts will swallow me whole.

feeling the sun’s warmth on my face as we wait in the car
with the cool breeze flowing through our windows
having her home from college and her willingness to make dinner while i have a headache
plans to shop
and watch a movie
how she picked the perfect movie for mother’s day for me
how her eyes didn’t to be dilated
again
how she gave me that same familiar frantic face that her brother used to
that i am surrounded by hysterically funny people
when the project is just clicking right and you’re kind of excited about it all day and all night
how she made dinner for the family and did the ballet drives
hair and nails in one day
and how God revealed to me a list of people when i thought there were none
the cows on the hillside on my drive home from the grocery store
running into his old PT
seeing one of my favorite tj’s workers, finally
hearing my checker celebrate that his third daughter is married!
a solo trip out
a tiny window to finish the laundry and work on my project
cutting the light pink roses and putting them in the tiny vases