50. vine lines roll over vineyards, sweet tendrils reaching
51. sun pulling steam from wet tarmac
52. moving through the landscape… by foot, by bike, by car
53. knowing God hears me
54. red hawk passing overhead
55. the smell of clean laundry
56. family
57. new words
58 last words and prayer wish of a friend, that we would all… “Be there”
59. time together, time alone
60. Emmy dog greetings
61. second, third, fourth… chances
62. writing poems
63. reading poems written by others
64. connecting with friends and friends in waiting because of the internet
65. soft rain deep soaking mountains heavy in trees
66. two guitars waiting against the music room wall
67. silence
* The concept of naming one thousand gifts is not mine, it is one that I learned in the pages of Ann Voskamp’s book “One Thousand Gifts”. The website of the same name can be found here. When I spoke of her book here on my blog post “Soon and very soon we are going to see”, I implored you to run out and buy a copy of Ann’s book. If you haven’t done that yet… PLEASE DO! I have since bought a couple more copies, given them away, continued to read and re-read my copy, and realized a deep call on my heart to begin to write down and name and own a thankfulness around the things that God fills my eyes and heart with each moment of every day.
So I continue to look and see that God is good in the hundreds of millions of intricate details of my life. I caught a glimpse of my face today in the rearview mirror of my car, after seeing items 50, 51 and 54 and I was smiling… that Mona Lisaesque smile that says so much… hmmm… perhaps the fullness was showing…
On the path, looking,
Lesley-Anne
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