Thank you for rain.

Thank you for cozy blankets.

Thank you for simple living.

Thank you for adjusted (down) expectations for myself lately, accepting rather than pushing.

Thank you for a cinnamon and spice muffin scented house.

Thank you for the gift and practice of seeing good in life despite feeling low. Even amid tragedies goodness shines. Love is always here.

Thank you for the warmth that emanates from love stories.

Thank you for unexpected road blocks, literally, that rearrange plans. Earlier this week my car being locked inside the road closure resulted in a peaceful night.

Thank you for a beautiful dog friend (Lady Peach). Being with her reinforces my faith in lasting love. Years after we met, coming home to her is still exciting. Hopefully she’s happy with me, too.

Thank you for bugs. 

Thank you, again, for all the repeat thank yous and sorry for the redundancy.

Thank you for dirt. 

Thank you for noisy birds. 

Thank you for ric rac cactus. You overflow my being with emotion.

Thank you for the dream of more nursery outings.

Thank you for how happy it felt to be social and active outdoors today. 

Thank you for bike rides.

Thank you for crisp sunny fall skies.

Thank you for walking down the hill with Peaches this afternoon, meeting new neighbors and greeting a familiar one. 

Thank you for interesting, kind, warm people. They are all around us!

Thank you for K and M. Thank you for their gift of plants. Succulents! Hopefully our green babies thrive.

Thank you for faith.

Thank you for a successful Friday morning working out the water issue. Thank you for friends who offered advice.

Thank you for warm baths and clean hair and laundry hanging to dry.

Thank you for the new owner of our lot calling after escrow closed. I hope it works out well for him and his family, and for the land and the life our choices impact.

Thank you for a neighbor at Malibou Lake helping with the search for a new place to call home.

Thank you for chances to be with nature (especially with animals, human and otherwise).

Thank you for the value in smiles and eye contact.

Thank you for the value in caring gestures and words.

Thank you for the value in listening. With the holidays, it feels like I’ve come slightly more unraveled and would benefit from deep listening.

Thank you for brilliant WUI moonlight.

Thank you for the love you give. Thank you for the love we feel and exchange. May it multiply and spread! <3