29. 3 gifts in dirt
The bulbs underground that every year produce my glorious irises!
Piles of laundry, dirty clothes that give tangible evidence of us living full and lively lives!!
The dust we're all made of, formed by God's hand, and filled with His breath
30. A gift given, made, sacrificed
Hugs and squeezes
Petitions to God on behalf of people who needed a touch from God today
Calories sacrificed in order to move toward a healthier me
1. 3 gifts tasted
She So Sweet's chicken salad--what a lovely creation that turned out to be!
The last of the borscht I made the other day--remembering Bubs, the dear lady who gave me the recipe
Tater tots with ketchup
2. 3 gifts flat
The surface of my treadmill--nothing to trip me up
My computer monitor--window on the world
Farmland--all around this country there is rich, fertile, flat farmland where farmers grow good food for us
3. 3 gifts found in difficult people--we are all difficult people, me most of all, so these are gifts found in people with absolutely no emphasis on the difficult =)
Good service from baristas at Peet's and Starbucks throughout Contra Costa County.
The young man I met at school who has been through so much, but is persevering and trusting God for every day
That when I told her the story of Joseph, she said, "I'm going to think about this."
4. 3 gifts before 9 AM
A chance to sleep a little later than usual
Hard boiled eggs done just right
Snuggle time with She So Sweet
5. a gift in a sign, a smile, a snack
15 Minute Parking space open when I just had a quick 10-minute errand to run!
Drummer Boy when I brought him breakfast in bed for no particular reason
Triple berry muffins with much cinnamon!
6. 3 gifts found in Christ
Companionship
Joy
Happily ever after
7. 3 gifts about your home
That we have central heating and cooling--so thankful for AC when the weather heats up!!
That I still see it as a long-awaited dream come true.
That in it we are a family who loves each other well.
8. 3 gifts inside a closet
Clothes to wear
Jackets and shoes--so many we hardly know what to do with them all!
Places to put things--well, that's the idea anyway =)
9. 3 gifts found in the dark
The dark in my cup--Peet's Coffee
The dark in her brown eyes--She So Sweet singing at her school's coffee house
The dark in the almost-summer sky that brings cool after the heat of the day
10. a gift outside, inside, upside down
A pair of flirting house finches--what a dance!
A nap inside the car while I waited for She So Sweet
His Kingdom and everything that goes with it (upside down here, but right side up there!)
11. 3 gifts about your parents
That I get to be with them in 4 DAYS!!!
That they love mountains as much as I do!!
That they are so easygoing and fun to be with no matter what we do!!
12. 3 gifts held in hand today
An old organizer found while cleaning that held a letter I wrote to Drummer Boy the day before he started Kindergarten.
The three packages of spearmint gum Hero Husband bought so I'd have plenty for my trip
Smores, made with GIANT mashpillows (what She So Sweet called marshmallows when she was little) and Hershey's Special dark chocolate, and shared over laughter
13. 3 gifts found in your mother
Courage to follow her convictions and to dream God-sized dreams
Joy, the kind that bubbles up from inside a heart full of Him and the kind she chooses in spite of chronic pain
Wonder--it's just the way she sees!
