- A beloved woman whose creative gift to us is priceless.
- Christmas parties.
- Birthday parties.
- Just because parties.
- Celebrations.
- Rest.
- Being sneaky and stealthy.
- Getting the house back to clean.
- Finding it marvelously dirty again.
- Using things up.
- House filled.
- So many bathtub toys.
- So many dishes.
- Hot mini-loaves of no-yeast bread.
- Kids devouring steamy slices.
- Peanut butter and homemade jam.
- Generous people.
- New books.
- Dinosaur facts.
- Meg Forest.
- New baby Deacon.
- New baby Wes.
- Little boys.
- Mine who’s turning 5.
- The lengths I go to for him…
- Lunch with friend of 20+ years.
- A few super-steals at the Rack.
- Long skirts.
- Kids reciting Lord’s prayer — SO precious. Heidi: “Lead us not to ‘tations…”
- Learning.
- Growing.
- Falling into grace again and again.
- Trusting.
- Resting.
- Knowing He’s on the throne.
- Writing this late. I’m sorry, Lord, for rushing through my days, never pausing.
- Freedom.
- Cleaning out the barn.
- Hay bales delivered by a friend. Who does that?!
- Hand-me-down Carhartts.
- Ruffles.
- Feeling pretty.
- That he loves me even when I don’t feel pretty.
- Baking cupcakes together.
- Coming home late to discover Danielle snuggling Heidi in her bed. Heidi was sad so Dani crawled right in. That’s a friend.
- That Mom is coming over, up our stairs, for the first time ever on Wednesday!
- Clam chowder.
- Hot spiced cider.
- Letting kids sip sparkling cider, fizzy on their tongues.
- Ginger who always has open arms.
- Jon & Janelle whose generosity and genius is amazing. Don’t know how to ever thank them for their time, creativity, and thoughtfulness.
- In awe of how kind He is to us.
- Jesus Calling.
- Staff party.
- Surrounded by people I truly love.
- Laughter. Crazy lots of it.
- White elephant gifts.
- The Native American artwork and the Buffalo Wing keychain.
- Standing with my man.
- Friends who were new, beginning to feel old. (In the good way!)
- Anticipation.
- Very full weekend. Relying on Him.
- Calendar next week — red and green lines drawn through every single day. No plans. Resting, preparing, celebrating.
- Knowing HIM.
- Resting in HIM.
- Looking to HIM.
- He is life!
Happy weekend, friends. Give thanks, celebrate, rejoice! He is good. Thanks for reading.