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
