tha-nk-ful

• a mask i like wearing (thanks, katie!)
• sweet visit with the callows
• lots of good stuff and food for thought via instagram.  2 favorites:

• hannah can use the bike rack! 
• getting to help amy clean out and organize
• an incredible pedicure from the lovely emma (due in large part to things amy was getting rid of!)

• meaningful conversations about race and culture and privilege
• belly laughing (it feels so good)
• even after pitching a fit in my heart (and a little out of my mouth) about the price of pizza, God still chose to bless me with a good deal from the papa john's in athens (and seeing that they were using a call center makes the entire experience of placing the order make so much more sense now)

• fun little trip to trader joe's
• delicious shepherd's pie from the ever delightful molly
• when the first thing that comes across my instagram feed lines up pretty perfectly with the morning's zoom prayer call. 

He knows my love language.

• "we need to respond to God." - phil, the square church
• 2 dads on bikes pulling kids in trailers listening to remix to ignition as they drove past the house at the beach
• caroline and zoe's matchiness

• coconut shrimp.  officially my favorite kind of shrimp. 
• things to look forward to (namely josh and katie coming to visit and a semi-unexpected, quick trip to athens) 
• genuine smiles and laughs from these 2 sisters in the pool

• super nice cottage guests
• the kittens at yaya and grandaddy's!! 
• caroline's help in potty training zoe.  :) 

• being given something that i was fully expecting to pay for.  gifts really are my love language. 
• an easy to recommend pressure washer (seriously, if you need anything pressured washed, this is your guy!!)

• walking with lauren...it's always so refreshing. 
• beautiful morning, sweet company, amazing weather, favorite mug,  favorite plate, AMAZING coffee (thanks to grandaddy), a shared english muffin and a freshly pressure washed porch

• emma's enjoyment of the glass pens and ink
• so much fun on the ocean mat (pool mat?!) a million dollar idea just waiting for someone to take it on shark tank (or whatever that one TV show is called...)

• nick is home! 
• eli is back on the schedule at CFA 

thankful list...beach edition

• sleeping in the car on the way to the beach
• knowing our house/cottage/cats/pool is in the capable hands of carey
• screened in porch with rocking chairs, a swing and an ocean view

• "God is madly in love with you."  Good Grace
• "do you have a 1/4 of an 1/8 of a sandwich in your pocket?" - nick
• lecrae has alot of wisdom (this is just a tiny sample)

• bike ride in the rain (and caroline's very proper turn signals)
• yaya's helpfulness and willingness to save the day when i didn't block off a date quite right on the airbnb app
• early morning walks (and the slay's generosity in loaning us their stroller) 

• "jam up and jelly tight." -lane
• The sonny’s delight brought to me in the ocean (and the loveliest sister that brought it)
• cuts that heal
• creative hiding places (and games! live action battleship...pitch black hide-n-seek...)

• family kickball on the beach
• eating meals outside
• coming in to do the dishes only to find someone beat me to it.
• shared snacks and sunscreen...and plenty of folks willing to bring refills of ice
• this one's wisdom (i loved getting to hear his conversation with uncle lane)

• baby monitor that reaches to the beach (and a house that is just that close to beach!)
• lane's enjoyment of hitch (i love to hear him laugh)
• “may we keep moving towards not limiting You.“ - jeri stewart in the zoom prayer call 
• fun times on the ocean mat (and the million dollar idea...it could be big)

• "home to me" 
• molly's quick response and willingness to run a trashbag down the road
• zoe's cuteness (there were way too many pictures to choose from)

thankful for Truth (and other things)

• "thank you, God, for that inclusion." - d. martin, zoom prayer call 
• "what you say about yourself means nothing...it's what God says about you that makes the difference." 2 Corinthians 10:18
• the investments that others make into my children
• super thoughtful cottage guests!

• "he looked at the wafer, asking God to satiate him with that little bit of Jesus..." - brother thomas, the mermaid chair
• the way the prayer course connected "deliver us from evil" to spiritual warfare 
• "filled with God's power, filled with God's Spirit of justice and strength..." Micah 3:8
• "I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness..." Jeremiah 9:24
• this. 

• "i felt amazed at the choosing one had to do, over and over, a million times daily - choosing love - then choosing it again, how loving and being in love could be so different." -jessie, the mermaid chair 
• a husband who chooses to love me again and again 
• silly things that make me laugh

• "everything comes from you, all we're doing is giving back what we've been given from your generous hand." 1 Chronicles 29:15
• finally truly entering into the world of harry potter via the books...and loving it. 
• free doughnut at krispy kreme in honor of National Doughnut Week (there's still time! "any day. any doughnut free. June 1-5)