(this is the 2nd time i've created this post...i created it once and then managed to delete it. couple that with a flooded bathroom and you have a recipe for frustration. i'm choosing thankfulness instead ...and trusting that the vacuum system will be restored soon - there won't be much to clean up once it's working again...until then, there are plenty of other bathrooms on the ship.)
- awesome people who listen to walkmans (eileen foley and lord ian, to name 2)
- "the One who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine." - chris tomlin
- caroline's toothless grin
- getting to talk to my daddy most Saturdays
- my schedule is a bit more free now that PE "subbing" is done
- thank you notes from sweet students and teachers
- running on the beach
- gum in the ship shop
- napping on the floor
- napping on the beach
- when the kids wake up happy
- how emma often walks out sleepy-eyed with some sort of bear in her hand
- lovely people who invest much into me and my children
- project complete.
- "my choice is You, God, first and only. And now i find i'm your choice!" psalm 16:5 (the msg)
- basket o' apples (and occasionally other fruit)
- fun responses to the caterpillar story
- pancakes + syrup + cinnamon + sugar
- emma's little hand waving from the window of the landrover at anyone and anything passing by
- falling asleep easily
- lisa hart's determination to get cherry coke on the ship - and it just may work!!!
- this conversation:
- emma: "i'll take care of you when daddy is away."
- me: "you will? thank you! how?"
- emma: "by blessing you."
