- Box of splitting-ripe local tomatoes. Soon-to-be mouth-watering marinara.
- Jeff teaching Heidi to play cards. Hysterical.
- Dutch & Brooke. Best of buds.
- Triathalon of daily Black Butte fun: running, biking, swimming.
- Running through the meadow. Longhorns on either side, cheering me on. Three Sisters fill the sky.
- Coasting downhill fast.
- Signing.
- Reading One Thousand Gifts again, this time pen in hand.
- Generous big fish who take little fish under their wing.
- A big God who is never out of His league.
- Sitting in a virtual circle with Simple Moms and Simple Homeschool.
- Endorsements.
- People just so generous. So generous.
- Wycliffe.
- Wading pool.
- Coming home. No place like it.
- Familiar beautiful.
- My man out on a man-date. Perfect night for me to snuggle up with words.
- My first day of writing work. My office on top of bed, under quilt.
- Broken sunglasses … Discovering 60% off sale on sunglasses at Banana. Yes, the only ones on sale were HUGE. Yes, I look like a ridiculous wannabe celebrity and my husband makes fun of me mercilessly. I. Don’t. Care. Glad my eyes are shaded!
- Auto-on coffee pot feature. Because waking up at 5:30 is so much easier when the aroma of coffee wafts up the stairs.
- Grocery shopping alone.
- Late-night errands.
- Berry picking with dear friend. Perfect sun, happy kids, heart-to-heart over blueberry bushes.
- Afternoon dates with my man. The looong tennis match. Ask him who won…
- Jumping in the pool like kids.
- Jumping in the pool with kids.
- Heidi learning to go underwater.
- Treasure hunts.
- Nighttime treasure maps that lead to childrens’ beds…
- Family Snuggle.
- Little voices repeating Lord’s prayer: “Hollow be Your name…”
- Ten and a half pounds of fresh-picked blueberries.
- Eight and a half when we got home.
- Husband coming through door smiling.
- Husband surprising.
- Border’s going-out-of-business sale. Jeff’s amazing find: Pirate Legos.
- Entire day, Daddy and Dutch creating and recreating amazing Lego creations.
- Cloudless sky.
- Humble friends.
- Selflessness.
- Grace.
- Rustling of warm breeze in leaves.
- Voice of my brother.
- Quiet afternoons.
- Back with the beloved women’s ministry team. Love those ladies!
- Sharing pain and joys.
- Honesty.
- Truth.
- Tumbling down.
- God our rock.