the Lord is so generous.

• The Power of a Quiet Life  by Francis Chan (and the opportunity to practice it...and God's gracious kindness to keep working on me in the midst of NOT doing this well sometimes)
• the Lord heals headaches and hurting stomachs
• "how can i help this week?" - yaya
• great group of folks to play frisbee with on a gorgeous saturday afternoon

• making emma smile with my misuse of "rizz" 
• waffles friday morning and saturday evening. 
• SSI dates are officially on the calendar 
• anytime a child of mine wants to take a picture with me 

• a soldier was baptized!
• the post office is really a pleasant place
• tremendous mission trip provision for the cash girls 
• THE most precious of coffee shops in Opelika - Sidetrack...total strangers made me feel so wanted and welcomed. 

• catching up and sharing life over coke and chips and cheese dip
• texts about lasagnas
• elder arnie's :) leadership of projects and tasks at cityscape 
• a WHOLE basket of gifts from beth!!  (thankful to know that by the time i open all of these - one each month - nick will be ALMOST HOME!)

• molly's potato soup...and zoe keeping...and ride giving...
• the reminder from henri nouwen to "cheers" more
• in the midst of all the shifting, changing, pivoting and adjusting, it all worked out. 
• this right here: (love me some ruth haley barton!)

• tasty tacos with katie and her kids
• high intensity walks with lauren
• tomato soup + grilled cheese + marie + jen + midtown
• the tree trunk in the yard that looks like a frog (or maybe a turtle?!)...and whichever cool kid put sunglasses on it

• water fairy workouts
• the math problem got figured out
• conversations about quiet life and the roar of the Lord
• this girl and her love of lettuce!

• mr. wright's help to make sure pipes didn't freeze
• every.single.time i get to talk or text or video chat with nick. 
• coach benji's volleyball expertise and willingness to share it with emma
• inner cicle rewards...free drink, chips AND candy!!! 
• the pilot is back to normal (so thankful for a reliable mechanic)