When we take time to notice the simple things in life, we never lack for encouragement. We discover we are surrounded by a limitless hope that’s just wearing everyday clothes. – April 25 desk calendar

I am grateful for time spent with Melvin on Saturday. It did this mama heart so good.

I am grateful for time spent attending Reilly’s beginner band concert last week. It did this Ama heart so good.

I am grateful for spring in Kansas City. Right now, it is one of the two most beautiful times of the year to live here. I love the gorgeous deep green grass and the redbuds and the flowering crab trees and the phlox and the tulips everywhere I look.

I am grateful for funnies from my Dad that make me laugh.

I am grateful for brand new furniture that makes me so scared living with cats, but this is a luxury rarely experienced, having brand new furniture, and it makes me want to stare at it often.

I am grateful for two geese outside my window right now.

I am grateful for cool breeze and sunshine…at the same time.

I am grateful for low humidity.

I am grateful for Zoom family calls.

I am grateful to revisit one of my favorite books of all time, 12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee…(like Me), by John Fischer, and am excited to begin the study with our small group.

I am grateful for the motivation to walk 5 miles before work in the mornings. I just wish that motivation was every day so it happened easily.

I am grateful for a cat brush.

I am grateful for a bathroom scale.

And I am grateful for chocolate cake.