- Achingly beautiful music
- Poetic prose
- Snarfling cats
- Warm showers trickling & tickling
- The fresh smell of soap
- Challah & cool butter melting on the tongue
- Stained glass on Sunday mornings
- Realignment & relief after chiropractic
- First taste of beaten rice with Nepalis – discovery!
- Chesed (Heb. – mercy, lovingkindness, steadfast love)
- Joyful jazz with soulful sax
- Rustic downtown buildings with painted murals
- Silly cat hiding in drying rack of laundry
- Trees on tiptoe reaching for heaven
- Brilliant electric blue of a bluejay
- Refreshing A/C in triple digit heat
- Evening sun through sari curtains
- Sight & sound of little pink tongue lapping water
- Smiling babies
- Happy kitty tail brushing my legs
- My car fixed & safely home
- The ability to read & study balishon hakodesh (in the holy language – Hebrew)
- Smooth legs after a good shave
- Cold crisp water on a parched throat
- Bright butterfly tattoo
- Memories of places visited: Saint-Chapelle, Emmaus
- Full belly
- Choice of good churches in the area
- Networking & fellowship with other believers of like passion
- Easy chatter with a client
- Kitty noises & chases with my Sh’mu’el (Samuel – asked of God)
- Being heard
- Picturesque estates & tree-lined streets
- Blue skies & fluffy cotton clouds
- Crape myrtle ablaze with color
- Afternoon naps
- Literacy & education
- Carpet of crunchy brown leaves
- Childhood memories of fall – beautiful colors, crisp October weather, sweaters, & bonfires
- Baby elephant (statue) marching across the living room
- Colors & the ability to see them
- Sleeping cat all peaceful, secure, and trusting
By: Jessica
