Category: grace in small things

grace in small things. 19 of 365.

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  1. striking up a conversation with people while waiting for the ferry on my way home from work.
  2. discovering that everyone waiting with me is from the prairies.
  3. also that one of the people lives in the same town as my sister.
  4. and that the entire family of one of the people is from the same place I was born.
  5. having a three minute conversation that was better than any conversation I’d had all day.

grace in small things. 15 of 365.

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  1. having the time and energy to clean out my closet.
  2. the great feeling you get after a massive clothing purge.
  3. rediscovering a piece of clothing that reminds me of very happy times.
  4. deciding to have a clothing and accessories exchange because I have some fabulous stuff that I no longer have a use for, but that my friends will love.
  5. finally being able to close my closet doors properly.

grace in small things. 14 of 365.

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  1. knowing myself well enough to be able to tell when I don’t just have a normal flu, and need to go to the doctor.
  2. extended health benefits which covers my expensive prescription for anti-biotics.
  3. having a boss who puts your health, instead of the business, first.
  4. living in a place where the orange juice at the grocery store is both organic and local. 
  5. eucalyptus scented bath salts.

grace in small things. 13 of 365.

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  1. deciding that, even though I’m in my pajamas and won’t be leaving the couch, I want to wear my pearl earrings that were a gift for Christmas because they make me happy.
  2. grapefruit as sweet as candy.
  3. re-reading my favourite part of a book and laughing just as much as I did the first time I read it.
  4. seeing pictures of a friend’s recent trip to Thailand and being reminded of how happy I was there.
  5. my nephew’s 9th birthday.

grace in small things. 12 of 365.

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  1. friends who bring you groceries so you don’t have to leave your couch.
  2. spying on your neighbours and making up your own stories to explain why they have spent most of the afternoon walking back and forth in their living room while not seeming to accomplish anything.
  3. finding naughty shapes in the clouds that go by. 
  4. giggling to yourself when a particularly pornographic shape is discovered.
  5. painkillers with codeine.

grace in small things. 11 of 365.

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  1. having one of my staff offer to work late so I can go home because I have the flu.
  2. peppermint tea.
  3. being so happy I almost cried when I found out the soup place where I work had homemade chicken noodle.
  4. remembering that I borrowed the second season of Six Feet Under, which means I have something to watch while incapacitated.
  5. my new blanket.