Bliss

Here are just a few of the things that have caused my heart to soar in recent days...

• cooking side-by-side with our 9 (almost 10)-year-old son
• hearing this same son's elation as he completed his math for the year
• relaxing with and reading an old journal to our 12-year-old son, re-telling my heart's thoughts regarding him
• laughing as I read the limericks he'd written
• overhearing our 14-year-old converse with an adult on the telephone and discovering how much I not only love him, but really, really like him
• the surprise of that new ringtone I'd been wanting
• hiking with my guys through the woods on a glorious spring day
• hearing a friend give thanks to God for His blessings...even amidst pain
• being surrounded by giggling little girls who wanted to make me pretty
• pictures in the mail from Alaska
• strolling the aisles of sweetly-scented flowers at the greenhouse
• a new toilet seat...seriously
• lingering over coffee at Starbucks with my man on a lazy Saturday morning
• rooting for him as he crossed the finish line in another marathon
• being together with our church family and bowing our heads in prayer to the One Who is able

Thank You, Father, for so many sweet reminders of your constant care and faithfulness!