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)
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...)
