Peek-a-boo Cardinal:)

Thank God for friends

I had a friend over for lunch today for the first time in a long time and it was absolutely wonderful. I loved sharing my home and catching up and feeling social and alive and well. We even were treated to a baby deer just four feet or so from the window -- I could've touched his beautiful soft ears if I had reached out:) I feel blessed she took the time to get on the train and ride an hour each way to see me.

Inspiration

It feels good to be inspired and to be writing something from my heart. And I'm grateful for a beautiful place to work...I love watching the geese and muskrats and ducks and cardinals and my deer friends (come to think of it, it's amazing I get any work done at all!:)

Beautiful quote

Underneath all the texts, all the sacred psalms and canticles, these watery varieties of sounds and silences, terrifying, mysterious, whirling and sometimes gestating and gentle must somehow be felt in the pulse, ebb, and flow of the music that sings in me. My new song must float like a feather on the breath of God.

~ Hildegard of Bingen

Serenity

I am grateful that when I've had a rough day, I can just go here and watch it all get washed away...

Relief

I have had three beautiful wonderful and completely pain free days in a row! Praise God! I am so thankful for the amazing nerve block and for my wise and helpful doctor. It is terrible how you can have pain for so long that it becomes somehow normal -- and it isn't until true relief is experienced that you even realize how far you had drifted from normal. I am so thankful to be well and look forward to this becoming my new norm!

Let's Hear it for the Boy

My husband cleaned the entire house from top to bottom (including baseboards!) yesterday. 'Nuff said! :D

Hooray for PBS

I love when a television show is good enough to transport me into another world...and I'm glad I finally discovered Downton Abbey which is just such a show. Those costumes! That scenery! And pitch perfect writing to boot. So good! And I especially love that it's on PBS, so it's free and everyone has access to such wonderful quality entertainment. American Masters on PBS is another wonderful show...and don't even get me started on Antique Roadshow:)

Rainy day

Outside it is mucky and muddy and rainy and chilly, but inside my happy caboose office it is warm and welcoming and full of inspiration. I am grateful for shelter and heat on a day like today, thankful I can watch the rain fall, preparing the earth for spring, from the comfort of my comfy orange chair.

Homecoming

I'm thankful that I didn't have a chance to post yesterday because I was too busy hanging out with my hubby who finally came home after nearly 6 weeks away! And I'm not just happy he's home because I'm tired of doing all the household chores by myself;p