this week's gifts. God is so kind.
- yaya's succesful shoulder surgery!
- easy rainy saturday morning...getting unexpected closets and pockets of space cleaned out. always more to take to valley rescue.
- papa has a surgery date. bring on the new knee!
- eli's continued responsibility and trustworthiness and ability to get himself where he needs to go
- coming home to this scene
- susu's sugar cookies!
- fresh cut flowers
- a room full of moms sharing hearts and lives and stories
- lauren's facilitating abilities (and faithfulness to always bring random things for me! :))
- "i had never heard of a hard adoption story until after i started sharing mine." - ella
- how vulnerability and authenticity breed more vulnerability and authenticity
- nick's excellence in planning/executing events
- sweet three year olds riding in the back of the truck (captured one of them in the rear view mirror)
- the pain eventually stops, the colds go away, sick isn't my normal.
- sweet webmunity gathering
- jessica's testimony of tim saving a little girl's life (and how the holy spirit had prepared him for it)
- seeing the kids the gavins love so much thriving
- can my friends come over?" - eli (YES. 10000 times YES. can't think of any reason why the answer would ever be no....thankful for his friends...thankful that they want to be here...thankful that i can go to sleep even if they are still awake)
- breakfast picnic at the park with a delightful breakfast partner
- the every so often breakfast with janet
- amazing temperatures in june
- pleasant walk on rails to trails in jeans (in june)
- good news from t-train's parents. yay for parents working their case plans!!!
- it was just branches at 5:57am on biggers road tuesday morning
- Rock of Ages - what a beautiful hymn
- and one more incredible song: talking to jesus
- "it's not an interruption. you couldn't have picked a better time." - lyric from talking to jesus
