treasures all along the way
- sweet conversations about caroline's future and what God may have in store for her
- seeing the Australian news documentary "The Surgery Ship" - especially thankful for the reminder of what God is doing in and through this vessel and her crew
- the last of the christmas packages are wrapped up and packed up and well on their way
- unexpected quiet
- knowing it hurts because you've loved
- Miss Miriam's radiating joy & enthusiasm for teaching French
- surprisingly good iced coffee
- cabin full of relatively calm kids
- "driving around" looking at christmas decorations as a family
- hannah's willingness to watch emma on tuesday mornings from 8:30-9:00
- instant oatmeal (it wins the non-existent "food of the week" award)
- fun stamps!
- robin's e-mail...grandly encouraging
- adverbs
- beautiful good-bye notes
- lovely definition of humility (from brennan manning)
- the poem andrea shared...and the way she shared it
- "good things come in orange packages." true.
- cooking with an apron on (first time for everything)
- double headband that matches perfectly
- sharpie pens
- life change
- hundreds of cookies are baked and waiting for dozens of little hands to ice & decorate them
- emma's peaceful and delightful behavior during the baking of previously mentioned cookies
- tortilla chips with lime (Corazonas, you officially have a new fan - and you're giving the instant oatmeal a run for its money this week....)
- ken's willingness to go above and beyond
- cinderella's example of gracious kindness
- adding really good books to the library's collection
- corny jokes (ie - what do you call an old snowman? water.)(why are pirates so mean? they just "arrrr")(you may need my grin and giggle to go with that last one....)
- perfect presents from the whites (wishing i had done more puns with "white christmas")(thankful for a lifetime to be able to do that...)
