Multitude Monday

So much to be thankful for, this day and every.

• spring color palettes

• cool showers that wash away grime

• an exhausted wee one who plopped herself on the couch and fell right to sleep while Mama cooked supper. A miracle, for her personality.

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• workbooks nearly done

• the season of table flowers, how ever modest they may be
  

• the summer dance of the windows; opening at night, closing in the morning

• grass weavings of a girl

• Smooch kicks and belly morphs while I watch LIFE under a bellybutton

• a girl who, while I was working in the garden, snuck secretly inside and swept three rooms of the house, tidied toys, washed bathroom sinks and emptied garbages, all for a most elaborate, wonderful surprise for her Mama. No strings attached.

• a Papa, who lets helpers surround

• a working tractor again, after a quiet few months
  

• a seatful of intent little ears as Mama and Papa tell a tag-team story that lasts all the way home

• "little fairies", what my children call dandelion seeds

• a straw-topped man

• sun glitter

• tasting lips, not beard

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• peppermint Rolaids that taste *almost* like candy
• kicking Mattie's butt at checkers, hehehe
• an earth nursery, full of babies

• wild mint expeditions

• minty fresh smiles, a new kind of toothpaste

• splitting the very first homegrown strawberry four ways
• midnight thunderstorms, and children who have no fear
  
• belly sprouting neglected toes

• that I am here, able to experience these daily bits of grace and beauty.
  

Gifts numbered 377 to 401 thankfully acknowledged.

What are YOU thankful for????