gifts

so very many gifts present themselves during ordinary days.

just this week i've been counting and there's almost too many to write!

-coming home to a fresh loaf of bread on my steps baked with love by a friend's daughter

-magnolia, cherry, and plum trees bourgeoning into bloom

-my first 3rd cousin Atticus being born.  the fact that, were she still alive, my cousin Becky would have been a grandmother for the first time.  but guess what their nurse's name was?  Becky, of course!

-hiking with my dear Czech friend, seeing tulips back-lit by morning sunshine, nourishing food and conversation

-getting to visit a church again after 5 years and finding an even sweeter spirit of love than before

-being offered opportunities to write that can hopefully change lives, starting to see some fruit and treasures come from pruning and dark times

-a 1-800 customer service call on my lunchbreak to reschedule a routine appointment that turned into spontaneous connections and will result in a visit from an art-loving mother and son that live in Louisiana!

-eggs (what can i say, i feel like the wealthiest woman in the world right now)

what gifts, tangible or otherwise, have you noticed and received lately?