Today, I am grateful for the opportunity, once again, to be in Overland Park for the week, working in my office office, not my home office.

I am grateful for Dad’s couch.

I am grateful for a really cool movie that made me need tissues last night – Overcomer. Great story.

I am grateful for work friends.

I am grateful for dawn pink clouds before they change to white with the sun and everyone else wakes up.

I am grateful for road construction when it is done.

I am grateful for the “er-er-er-er-er” sounds of these amplified katydids all the stinkin’ night because they remind me how peaceful small town USA is without them.

I am grateful for an hour and a half of solitude in the office before the rest of the crew arrives.

I am grateful for Tate the Potato, Chief, Pistol, Topo, Panther, Katie, and Sneakers – cats have the funniest names.

I am grateful for a space heater even in summer – office air and sitting for hours requires one in my books.

I am grateful for dental cleanings and routine maintenance.

I am grateful for car washes that I don’t have to do myself.

I am grateful for meandering out of my comfort zone. It’s good for me.

And I am grateful for Psalm 46.