Grace in small things

1. Coffee with an old friend you know so well that you feel not one shred of nervousness and no need to plan things to talk about, because conversation will, of course, come effortlessly.

 

2. Watching your children ask the neighbors if they're "available to play" and seeing the earnest, hopeful look on their faces.

3. Warm evenings and cold beer.

4. 100% cotton sheets.

5. The gritty-smooth cover of a brand new book, just waiting to be cracked open and begun.

6. Brightly-colored paper lanterns.

7. The velvety cushions that are your daughter's cheeks.

8. The first sip of hot coffee in the morning.

9. Comfortable shoes that are not ugly.

10. The ceramic hen and rooster that used to belong to your grandmother. That now sit on top of your kitchen cupboard and watch, every day, as you move from sink to stove to refrigerator, and back again.

Comments

[Carrie]

I love this list.

And I also love your new banner/header . . . not sure which more!

[Ashley]

I love this list too! I also adore the cotton sheets and the brand new book cover!! I have some fun giveaways going on at my blog, come on over and enter!

[Chris]

Enjoying that first sip of morning coffee myself. Lovely list.

[vodkamom]

lovely.

i can smell the coffee now.

[Lisa Milton]

This list is exactly what I needed this morning. Now off to find that coffee.

(Love the vibrant header too.)

[BOSSY]

Bossy likes the idea of inanimate objects watching over her. Let's just hope they don't call Social Services.

[kcinnova]

This is a lovely list. :)

[Leslie]

Great list! #5 is awesome, one of my faves. I always said if I wrote a book that picking the cover texture would be very important to me.

[robin]

what it's all about-connectivity. You have lovely way with words.