- having the baby sleep for three hours longer than she normally does.
- sleeping in until 9:30am and feeling like a new woman.
- the scent of things triggering happy memories.
- secretly watching the baby figure out how to solve a problem that she would normally come to me for help with.
- an all-around good day.
Category: grace in small things
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- making juice from my neighbour’s grapes.
- finding a new snail friend on one of my grapes.
- taking my new little friend to the spot where all the other snails like to hang out.
- finding the largest carrot that our garden has produced all summer.
- a day filled with discoveries and cooking successes.
grace in small things. 2405 of 2555.
- service techs who show up in the first hour of a four hour window.
- receiving a freshly caught fish from a neighbour.
- trying out a restaurant we’ve been meaning to go to since we moved.
- baby’s first music class.
- predictable but entertaining tv shows.
grace in small things. 2404 of 2555.
- finding a very cool pattern on the inside of our watermelon.
- fresh ingredients from the garden.
- successfully wrangling two toddlers all day.
- planning a visit with family.
- husbands who remember that heating pads exist when your neck seizes up.
grace in small things. 2403 of 2555.
- falling asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow.
- my best stir fry yet.
- an easy way to get somewhere.
- getting caught up in a movie I didn’t think I would like.
- a really great vacation at home.
grace in small things. 2402 of 2555.
- a great visit with my mama.
- thoughtful neighbours.
- returning the coffee maker we just bought because I fixed the old one.
- stocking our new freezer.
- getting the last piece of our patio set back from friends.
grace in small things. 2401 of 2555.
- waking up before the baby and not having to rush around immediately.
- one last lunch by ourselves before my mama, the babysitter, goes home.
- stringing up lights in the garden.
- enjoying dinner outside.
- talking openly and with humour about things that are bothering us.
grace in small things. 2400 of 2555.
- the perfect weather.
- spending the afternoon riding gondolas.
- the view from the top of a mountain.
- having an overnight trip feel like we were away for much longer.
- the excitement of pulling up to your house, even when you weren’t gone for very long.
grace in small things. 2399 of 2555.
- a little road trip.
- hotels in the mountains.
- finally getting the chance to use a gift certificate that we got from our wedding (two and a half years ago!)
- the most relaxed we’ve been in a long time.
- leaving the baby with my mom for the night.
grace in small things. 2398 of 2555.
- spotting a pyramid scheme from a mile away.
- our new-to-us freezer.
- day dreaming about all the things I’m going to freeze from the garden and eat in the middle of winter.
- digging in the dirt.
- my mama’s impressive cooking skills.
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