Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #82

1. Sitting under piles of cats on a Friday night

2. Hot coffee and cold pizza on a Sunday morning

3. Waking up happier than I went to bed

4. The Palinode's surpise gift of headphones

5. That someone carved a big heart into the frost on my neighbour's windshield and spelled out Have a happy day!

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #81

1. That my grandfather's memorial this weeend was a celebration of a good life well-lived

2. Being back home with the kitty cats

3. Breakfast in a sunny window overlooking a river valley

4. My grandmother's walnut brownies recipe

5. Touching base with relatives I have not seen in far too many years and discovering that they are even better than I remembered

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #80

1. Benadryl

2. The Palinode's belly-warming oatmeal with maple syrup and blueberries

3. Hearing the fallen leaves skitter along the asphalt, sounding like pattering rain

4. That I will be flying to speak at Blissdom Canada '11 on the 13th!

5. Having the courage to make a dentist's appointment after more than seven years without one

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #79

1. Watching an older, less active local business transform itself into a new asian grocery near my apartment

2. The little kid who ran up and hugged my leg really hard today before he realized that I wasn't his mother

3. Eating queso off my finger, because the tortilla chips would just have added unnecessary calories

4. The streets filling up with orange leaves

5. A phone call with a client who asked if I was passionate about my work, and I was able to say, unequivocally, YES

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #78

1. A sleeping kitten cuddled up to my thigh while I write

2. Texts out of the blue that say "I love you!"

3. Frozen blueberries to cool down my morning oatmeal

4. The cool undercurrent beneath the heat on the last warm days of the season

5. The ability to spend most of my time working at something I love

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