I am counting them all today, and they just keep coming to mind.

• A neighbor who cleaned our AirBnbs while I could not and left warm, just-baked banana bread at our door
• The boss friend who sent enough food to feed the town – snacks, pulled pork, lasagna, Harry & David shipments…
• A co-worker who ordered barbecue for us one evening and had the local florist deliver it
• My first “standing up” shower without a shower chair…since September 8!
• The sister who sacrificed her long weekend to come take care of me and clean my house and cook meals
• Walking – it is so under rated
• Cats who bring me gifts that jump and are green – it’s the thought that counts
• October blue sky
• Hearing from my Aunt Estalene
• My Dad who called me so I could listen to my piano being played at the apartment complex
• A sweet friend who showed up with lunch and jellybeans and emptied my dishwasher and cleaned up my kitchen
• A little less nausea during infusions
• Friends across town who left dinner on our porch
• Sutures gone…and a leg unwrapped for the first time since September 9
• A co-worker who let me borrow her mother-in-law’s walker that is now the cats’ favorite way to ride around the house
• New pajamas so I don’t have to wear a big t-shirt any longer
• Foster son’s visit that did my heart good
• My work family who put together a care package that included a box of beautiful personalized gratefuls just for my encouragement, potato soup, and lots of homemade egg bites to make my re-entry into the kitchen easier
• Get well cards and get well flowers and get well awesomest plant
• Cards from people I have not met in person but know so well thanks to Zoom
• Cool nights and mornings
• Spending a work day NOT in bed but in the sunroom on this cool October first day, with sunshine on my shoulders that makes me happy
• Getting to know all the nurses at our local hospital
• A brother who sacrificed his weekend to come and help Sam do Sam things
• A very nice physical therapist who allowed me to conquer my first time going upstairs since September 8 – I wanted to cry I was so happy for painful progress, and TONIGHT, I get to sleep in MY BED
• A dear friend nurse who sacrificed her whole weekend to drive five hours to take care of me, let me borrow a walker and shower chair for these rehab weeks, made meals and packaged them in small containers for freezing so we would have plenty for the weeks ahead, deep cleaned every square inch of this house, and played the part of Mother Knows Best
• Our church families in KC and in Winchester who are praying and letting us know continually that they are praying
• Sam’s outlook and energy when he is off chemo and feeling good
• Feeling like I have turned a corner and normalcy is returning
• New mums
• A best friend box that arrived this week with 30 wrapped gifts, one for every day, so my soul is satiated and my days have a reminder that I am loved all the way to Oregon
• The feeling of being covered like a blanket with prayer…from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, and Oregon
• Knowing His healing, experiencing His favor