I am grateful for:

• a Chamber of Commerce day when the sky is blue, the breeze is slight, the temperature is just right, the birds are singing, the flowers blooming.
• good water pressure in a hot shower.
• no words.
• Oreos.
• a coin found on a walk.
• forgotten sweet memories when they come to mind once again.
• really good dirt.
• a glowing report from the school counselor.
• Fresh Balsam room deodorizer spray from Bath & Body Works.
• the conviction to “be still my soul.”
• children who just make the world a better place, like Macey:

• peony buds and blooming iris.

• watching the Royals with one of their most loyal fans, my Dad.
• a handwritten thank you.
• Pink Lady apples sliced thin.
• designs in the sky, courtesy of jet trails.
• stiff jeans.
• being asked to play the piano again.
• the patterns of freshly mowed grass, as satisfying as vacuum lines on carpet.
• a good cut and color.
• a soft and beautiful lullaby that calms and ushers in peace.
• crisp, in crackers, potato chips, and $2 bills.
• memories of baby books, a wedding album, my french horn and piano, a butterfly quilt, boxes of school papers and crafts, Mom’s china, and collections of school musicals and programs of the past.
• a bed at the end of a long day.
• the back yard that is full of wildlife.
• happy mail.
• Nutty Bars.

And I am grateful for contemplation, something I have been doing a lot of lately…