Things I am Grateful for...

It hasn't been working, this whole blogging thing, and that's okay. Things I am happy about this morning:

• That my sister-in-law collects handkerchiefs, carries one, and gave me some to bring home with me.
• A fire in the firepit on a cold day; candles in the house.
• Shopping at Publix, where the staff is usually friendly, they give your children free cookies so that they want to shop with you, and the customer is not treated like an inconvenience. They don't shame you for using WIC either.
• The discovery that long nightgowns can be warm without also being frumpy.
• Using handmade soap in my bathroom.
• My friend Amy, who puts table cloths on her table at meal time everyday, to signal to her children that something important is happening.
• Changing the way I think about groceries.
• Books like chocolates, even the difficult ones.