The Beautiful Ordinary Stuff of Life

May grace...

I write it down so I will remember. 

 I remember, so I can praise the Giver.

- shelter from the storm
- creamy tomato soup
-hydrangeas
- beginning of the month goals
- pesto in the freezer

- guidance and inspiration
- molcajete
- freshly mown grass
-a supportive group of women
- seedlings in the ground 

- a new calling at church
- yoga practice
- a full tank of gas
- safe travels for Dad and Yvonne
- a beautiful spring day

- owls calling to one another
- healthy food plan
- celebrating Jantzen's birthday
- good news in an inbox
- chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven

- fresh mulch for the yard
- chopping walnuts
- a green world
- YouTube dishwasher repair

- evening "turn down" service in your own home
- crackling fire on a cool rainy day
-herb festival with Tara
- blue ribbons for a gifted quilter
- new primary teachers

- a day to rest
- seeing old friends
- strawberry yogurt
- the smell of tomato plants
- washing off the garden dirt

- creamy sauce for salmon
- making it through step class without 
running into anyone
- honest sharing
- love note tucked into the glove compartment
- full moon

- sharing dinner excitement with a food text
- phone visit with Sherri
- pineapple poblano guacamole
- swarm of bees occupying an empty brood box
- garden tiller

- local strawberries
- all the garden plants- in the ground!
- watching honeybees
- taste testers on baking day
- pink peonies in a white vase

- rain for the garden plants
- kitchen evidence of good food to eat
- saying "I'm sorry."
- Mother's Day bouquet
- an orchid from Kenzie

- talking with all my children on Mother's Day
- a perfect poundcake
- successful class, happy students
- fuzzy little chicks
- roasted strawberries

- hugs and tears
- Sound of Music on the big screen
- new rhubarb plants
- lunch bags for the homeless
- encouraging texts

- a sprain and not a break!
- date night at cooking school
- a tall young man in a red apron
- pulling a favorite book from the shelf
- afternoon thunderstorm

- bird song in the morning
- the blessing of cool days when your
 air conditioning isn't working
-"birthday books"
- simmering soup

- veggies at breakfast
- conference talks in an apron pocket
- discussing great books
- chocolate croissant
- a new suitcase

- the first watermelon of the season
- polka dot umbrella
- blue skies after days of rain
- clean sheets with hospital corners
- bare feet in mountain streams

- an overflowing vegetable drawer
- overnight oatmeal
- leftovers for dinner when you're too tired to cook
-strawberries and pound cake
- the smell of grilled food

- a new job for Charles
- knitting and talking
- hummingbirds
- chicks in the coop
- applewood smoked bacon

- suitcases and plane tickets
- music drifting down from Jump Off rock
- great sacrament talks
- grilled cheese for dipping into soup
- lemon curd

- an older couple who loves being nursery leaders
- homemade ice cream
- the beautiful ordinary stuff of life
- flags blowing in the breeze
- men in uniforms

- freedoms I enjoy 
- singing REO Speedwagon with Dillon
- help with the dishes
- deck dining
- a birds eye view of our farm

- an "I'm glad you're my friend." text
- workout shoes in my favorite shade of blue
- straws for sipping
- a purple "blessings" pen
-chocolate dipped berries

" How we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our years."
Annie Dillard