24 April 2025

noticing the thousands of little miracles.

  • Psalm 16 - song by Brian Suave' 
  • always more to get rid of/take to valley rescue
  • sweet easter egg hunt at northside christian church (2 years in a row for these sisters!)
  • journey to the cross.  such a wonderful event!!!
  • conversation with micey (and meeting jellybean in person)
  • perfect parking place, perfect timing.  sometimes it just can't get any better. 
  • cold pressed fruit juice. so good. 
  • strawberry shredded wheat cereal
  • beautiful day for a ride/run on the riverwalk

  • time in molly's kitchen. and the girls' room. and smidge in the living room.  so.much.fun.
  • broken window panes can be fixed
  • moments. they are on a bridge under a bridge

  • easter morning run.  something so special about starting in the dark and ending in the light. 
  • everytime the cottage is left in wonderful shape!
  • pretty reminders:

  • so many babies in the nursery!!  we made it! 
  • the way God provided lunch for the Breathe Event
  • so much BEAUTY at Breathe
  • time to work on lisa's bible study.  love how it all seems to get done. 
  • all the ways people are showing up and loving and serving
  • yup.  this: 
  • walmart pick up.  so easy. 
  • good sleep. 
  • zoe and the goat

17 April 2025

comfy pants and other good gifts.

  • the pool is back to blue!!!  (papa is wise - " it's always gotten back to blue before")
  • munchkins + coffee + perfect weather + backyard 
  • clingstones game!
  • the way community can be so stunningly beautiful
  • steak + fries + eating outside
  • emma's loveliness
  • comfy uga pants (both pair!)
  • emma + refresh retreat
  • caroline's perfect timing with the trader joe's treat
  • rides home for emma from james
  • pasta salad from aldi (and all the other treats!)
  • working on the journey to the cross project with emma
  • forgiveness. redemption. restoration.  it's all real and possible. 
  • fresh cherry coke.
  • celebrating ella k. with all kinds of fun things
  • caroline is home for the weekend!!
  • successful neighborhood outreach at cityscape
  • celebrating and praying for eli white and naomi...just right ultimate wedding shower!

10 April 2025

grateful.

  • such good conversations
  • best tennis of my life  
  • nick took zoe and emma out on the lake! (and brought back gas station pizza!)
  • sweet mom's gathering wednesday morning (sister schubert's cinnamon rolls and sausage rolls...goodness in a pan)
  • emma's NHS induction 
  • nick is here for all the things
  • moments where i really think the Lord helped me forget some things that needed to be done so that i could rest/relax...and then He reminded me and there was time to get them done. 
  • honest and authentic conversation on suz's back porch. love those ladies. 
  • this plant came back! (thanks, mrs. sherry!!)
  • emma & mp & the lukes playing pickleball
  • lovely weather (and safety in the midst of the not so lovely weather)
  • moments that are just so zoe
  • having eli and friends around (in and out) for the weekend
  • spur of the moment dinner invitations that work out...and include a round of snowball freeze tag
  • drew's kind note and the gift of pecans (10/10 recommend order here if you need some tasty pecans! milk chocolate are my favorite...meme's sugar pecans are a winner....cinnamon sugar...they are all good!!!) 
  • suggesting a scholarship only to find out caroline's already applied for it. way to go. 
  • pretty easy sam's run
  • THE SWEETEST bunch in the nursery.
  • camp empower is already 1/2 full of campers!
  • the pink package from soozi arrived - beautiful truth to pray over friends and family
  • the thank you letter made it to john & trudy

03 April 2025

gift upon gift upon gift

  • getting to trust God with all the things
  • more "yeses" for camp empower (now we just need campers & buddies!)
  • lovely Truth
  • walks on the beach - even in the rain! 
  • dinner at mike's and watching cinderella afterwards
  • time at the beach with these 3!
  • mr. bill's faithfulness to love and care for his wife in sickness & in health
  • internet - getting to join in with cityscape/hear nick
  • katie's kindness & thoughtfulness - on so many levels.
  • the chance to be in a lovely place with lovely people
  • the way it worked to be at the condo a little extra...and get picked up by nick and the girls
  • coffee & cinnamon roll with a view
  • sunshine on my face
  • fried goat cheese
  • candace's magical grocery shopping abilities
  • nan & pa's generosity 
  • holy moments
  • liturgy for arriving at the ocean (x2)
  • zoe's first lost tooth!
  • lauren's kind care of the kitties
  • this: