gratitude

1. playtime

2. noticing

3. tiny hands around your neck

4. Cereal time

5. free coffee from the library

6. our new favorite pie- Rhubarb-Chess

7. last minute plans

8. fried gnocci

9. being the one cuddled into when the little one was scared

10. a secret path

11. golden sand freckling a 4 year old’s cheery face

12. pink-frosted donuts for dear Mattie

13. business as usual when it’s snack time for a 2 year old

14. a new prevacid Rx seeming to work

15. appointments scheduled

16. kindness

17. check offs on to-do lists

18. family playdates

19. praise

20. giving praise

21. bedtime

Fave-O-Lit Friday

Art Sanctuary

by Nikki Giovanni– from Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea

I would always choose to be the person running
rather than the mob chasing
I would prefer to be the person laughed at
rather than the teenagers laughing
I always admired the men and women who sat down
for their rights
And held in disdain the men and women who spat
on them
Everyone deserves Sanctuary a place to go where you are
safe
Art offers Sanctuary to everyone willing
to open their hearts as well as their eyes