* The soft scent of lilacs on strong winds
* Baking chocolate chip cookies with the kids from ingredients from the local Food Pantry
* Taking the kids (3 and 5 yrs old) fishing for the first time, and them catching dinner before we finish getting ready to cast our own lines
* Squirrels running on wires- things never change 🙂
* The smell of ink on paper from words just written
* Feeling small beneath the beautiful cloudy sky as God watches over us all
* Enjoying spending time at the beach enjoying the fresh air and eating lunch before the tourist season starts
* Christian friends when you’re so lonely you can’t stop crying
* Soft cats who purr at you when you’re sad
* Children who are happy; love Jesus, their parents, and each other; and who don’t yet know the bad in this world
* Birds chirping
* The smell of rain soon to come after a long period of near-drought conditions
* The kindness of strangers
* Free ice cream 🙂
* Sunday Christian worship, teaching, and fellowship and Monday Bible studies
* Babies laughing
* having blessings to count…
By: Sarah
