I am grateful for:
- The simple of a Cheerio
- Scholastic book order sheets and the anticipation of box arrival day and the teacher handing out “book presents”
- The sound of rustle leaves skittering down the street
- The satisfied feeling of a stack of thank you notes in the mail
- “Sing it again, Ama – the jo-oy of the Lo-oh-oh-ohwd give me stwength…”
- Tuesday Bingo night
- Grandchildren crouching and saying together, “Re-e-e-eady, se-e-eht…GO!”
- Smells of a hardware store mixed with fresh popcorn, free to customers – both popcorn and smells
- The sound of a driveway bell when a car pulls in or when a bored child starts jumping on the hose for entertainment’s sake
- Singing canary memories from Eagle Pass – oh, how I wish I had another one to fill the house with song in the mornings…
And I’m grateful for:
- A clean sink
- Parents who make running laps around the kitchen before bed into a game for their little energies
- The cushy feel of a new pair of socks
- The beautiful of an adult bending to talk sweet to a child, or seeing kindness in a stranger, or smiling eye contact
- The smell of clean and cleaning products in a public restroom and the daughter who appreciates that kind of smell, too
- My choirs singing: “Oh be joyful, oh be jubilant, put your sorrows far away, come rejoice and sing together this happy day!”
- Wispy clouds
- A wrinkled nose on a baby that shares silliness
- A grandson who learns a new word, kind of. “That’s re-dikerous!”
- The sound of a happy kitten purr
- Tears that flow when I reflect on what I wrote two years ago today:
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