so much.

• family time
• a swimming pool to swim in
• a beautiful night for swimming

• hearing my dad's voice - always a joy...this time he was especially upbeat & positive!
• impromptu pop rock party
• goat cheese and honey bread at 501 (x3)

• "enjoy the tempo of a God-breathed life by letting Me set the pace." - jesus calling 
• burgers on the beach
• fun stamps

• KJs willingness to deliver dessert to the date on the beach
• fresh starts each morning 
• a friend who makes an oreo tower with me...(and the oreo tower itself.  it did not disappoint.)

• finding a daim candy bar that i had hidden...
• getting to go to sleep each night
•  semi-unplanned pedicure at nail attitude

counting the blessings. one by one.

• peaceful, pleasant wednesday morning before school
• hospitality done well  - very well.
• dried mangos from carlien
• when mary makes popcorn
• pesto pasta shared with katie
• unbelievably generous, unexpected gift

• nick's phenomenal teaching sunday night
• movies about PBR that make me cry
• brownies
• a job WELL DONE by the logos hope & her crew
• cereal on the couch with emma
• a delightful pre-lunch date in a french cafe with no name with the cutest french speaking server

thursday night thankfulness

• "healthy kitchen sink" brownies & excellent friendship
• 1/2 waffle with stacia
• laughing with justine as we signed our books
• bike ride & juice with naomi
• birthday box from aunt amy! 

• smelling amy!
• fulbert's help with the dryer door
• hearing about a friend's experience with the right book at the right time
• combined worship night with the logos hope
• meaningful jewelry
• a brave boy getting to lie on his back for the first time in a loooong time

• 20 years of marriage for molly & ritchie
• foundation in a squeezable tube (brilliant!) 
• the beauty of africa....the diversity of her countries
• the cash men (all 3 generations!) are feeling better
• star door!

abundance.

• UGA game + chicken fingers + friends
• KJ's friendship.  there's safety and authenticity and awesomeness.
• an unexpected sevenly causebox

• shea's back!
• finally kind of sort of starting to come around on something
• cords of cards that overwhelm me with reminders of wonderful people, beautiful friendship and God's good gifts in our lives

•  having the Logos Hope moms onboard this morning
• when a person is brave enough to jump right in to a real and meaningful conversation
• a wonderful big sister helping her little sister study her spelling words

• the midwives of Exodus 1
• chick-fil-a polynesian sauce
• the utter excitement and joy of eli and caroline over the polynesian sauce
• dipping everything in polynesian sauce

• feeling not so out of sorts
• relevant magazine
• brownies from scratch