Here it is… another year of big and small happinesses, collected in a little book each evening and displayed on Thanksgiving Day in an act of public self-reflection. It is a testimony that life’s sweetest and most precious moments are to be savoured and preserved, and that even the most difficult days harbour cause for hope. Read on.

  • Honesty
  • It is a bedrock
  • Baseball in the back yard
  • Ten hits in a row
  • And the most encouraging coach
  • Sleepovers
  • When kids say funny things
  • Hallowe’en thrifting
  • Naan wraps
  • Anniversaries
  • Back to the gym
  • Meetings that aren’t disasters
  • Perfect days
  • Perfect evenings
  • Band practice in the basement
  • Progress on the siding
  • A minor injury
  • Short waits at ER
  • Sleeping in his arms
  • Success stories
  • Summer weather in October
  • Open windows
  • When I get a ride home from band
  • Those hamburgers are so good
  • Rapini
  • Normal blood sugar levels
  • Pillow talk
  • Work buddies
  • When I don’t think I’ll make the light, but then I do
  • Good therapists
  • When little ones learn to listen
  • When my purse doesn’t get stolen at the gym
  • When students play their first melodies, and it’s magical

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