in gratitude for

• an early morning playdate with puppies 
• two boys' digging deep into a sandbox and their rekindled friendship 
• a meeting with an old school, straight shooting, high school coach
• God's unending love for his children
• stopping to turn around and hold a broken one 
• three days on the calendar for next week with my son's bff 
• the way his new sister makes him so happy and different- fulfilled
• google translate
• having her beside me in the kitchen
• teaching her to cook 
• fresh baby lemon-basil clippings for our stuffed manicotti 
• an early home husband
• pandora's paraguayan radio stations
• dim lit dinner for a family of four
• first pickles
• sugar cookies stacked with double berry cheesecake ice cream
• the beautiful hum of my maid servants; dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer
• pink and cream roses piled high from the weekend welcoming
• school things right around the corner
• the changing of life, into the unknown
• waiting for the unexpected
• knowing it will be grand again
• something i've never seen before