20 March 2014

treasures.


  • walking slowly through a wide open field listening to an incredible choir in the distance sing "How Great Thou Art" in some language other than english 
  • gathering cones on the ultimate field...so familiar. so different.
  • molly's perseverance in trying to call us
  • dinner filled with lanterns and laughter


  • lime powder. oh.wow.
  • glasses/contacts (what did people do before those were invented?!)
  • charissa's kindness to my girls
  • sharing life
  • mrs. agnes' fried plantain chips (i think they should be called "mercy chips")






  • swapping coke zeros for the good stuff
  • the "detour" way out of the port
  • kind words
  • cash cabin mondays without homework
  • time with jasmine (best hair washing/head massage ever) (x2)
  • fun reddish streaks in my hair



  • a day away.
  • emma & fulbert coloring together
  • labels....and how they keep me organized
  • conversations with catherine murphy.  what a gal.
  • scott & natalie's willingness to volunteer in the library (and kat's ongoing faithfulness on friday nights)
  • nick's words of affirmation
  • bottled starbucks' frappuccino (it's empty because i drank it IMMEDIATELY after it was given to me)


  • conference call pre-marital counseling sessions with nick and suzanne...thankful that it works...thankful for those 2...thankful for the conversations
  • the way nick thinks and plans ahead
  • finally seeing some improvement in my ability to hold "the wheel"
  • anne's kind compliment about eli
  • listening to caroline's hex bugs play by play