Today, I am grateful that I haven’t completely lost my mind yet, but it is absent more often than present, it seems.

I am grateful for

• rain
• a safe return of my sister and Dad from Florida
• Zoom and streaming that allows Indiana and Florida and California and Washington and New Jersey and Arkansas and Texas and Kansas City to be on my lap and my desk with just one click
• soft fur and a reassuring purr at 2 am and 3:30 am and 5 am and 8:53 am
• clothes that don’t fit that serve as a motivator and built-in guilt
• monumental 50th, 60th, and 90th birthdays to celebrate this month
• memories of flannel Bible stories and Winkie the bear during Children’s Church with Violet and Josephine
• evidence the lilacs didn’t die and spring is getting ready to make its entrance
• a beautiful card from Geri
• three small oranges to eat this morning
• so many more projects to keep a driven husband happy
• a nice evening last night to celebrate foster son’s birthday
• a few more opportunities this week to enjoy a fire in the fireplace
• tulip reminders to keep pushing through the darkness
• the love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong – it shall forevermore endure, the saints’ and angels’ song
• Daylight savings that makes me want to sleep longer but gives me a little more staying power between 5-8 pm
• forgiving and understanding friends when I do not respond to emails and texts because of overwhelm – a neighbor friend said it best over the weekend in a message (that I have not responded to) “I’m just about done people-ing.”
• supplements that are keeping me from the funny farm…for now