A few things for which I am grateful this morning:

Fresh, cool, mountain air.

An audio book of The Notebook.

Finding a really great song to listen to with the windows down.

Pleasant conversation for all of the ten hours of driving.

A good squee-gee at a gas station, along with fresh soapy water.

Hand-holding.

Seeing friends again, one year later.

Getting up very early after very little sleep, just to attend a church service in Vail that we had attended with the youth choir two years ago.

Meeting some very nice young people who work in retail just so they can snowboard all winter.

A brisk walk at dusk to find the ice cream shop.

Seeing our “grateful” artist friend, Jane Hamlin, at her booth in Breckenridge – she hadn’t forgotten us!

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Soaking in the beauty of creation before the church service.

Watching a mule deer and her fawn in the same creek just after the service.

Breathing deep.

Feeling relaxed.

Andrae, my first grandson – he’s five years old today!