It's too expensive, find another one, I say.
She walks off, no whines or frowns. Must be the company, I think to myself. Shopping with friends for apron fabric.
I scan the shelves and point to the colorful wall with the large forty percent off sign. Over there, I say.
I watch her, asking her friend Will to reach the bolts on the top shelf. Katie and Amy give their opinion and back up it goes. Will patiently pulls another one down, puts it back up, pulls another one down.
I watch her smile and laugh and tug on her hair.
She's beautiful, I think to myself.
But I'm not seeing the sunstreaked hair or the blue eyes on a face kissed by the heat of summer.
I'm looking at a little girl made beautiful by the ones who love her. Made glowing by the love she feels for the ones she loves. These friends. These blessings she shops with, schools with, plays with.
These four beautiful blessings that have entered our lives and become friends - a word that grows more precious as time goes by.
My gratitude list continues . . .
Donna
Katie
Amy
Will
bolts of colorful fabric
forty percent off sales
a free sewing class
a sewing teacher full of grace
rows of colorful buttons
clearance racks
ribbon by the spool
scissors just for fabric
front door parking
$1 T-shirts
thunderstorms
beating the thunderstorm
gusty breezes on a scorching hot day
wishes for sno-cones
Sunday morning cinnamon rolls
a full Sunday School class
him holding my hand in prayer
Sunday lunch with friends
God is great, God is good . . .
a lesson in pennies
three pennies in the offering plate
her new haircut
sisters fixing each other's hair
homemade flip books
colorful timelines
leaves in wax paper
wishes for sno-cones
Sunday morning cinnamon rolls
a full Sunday School class
him holding my hand in prayer
Sunday lunch with friends
God is great, God is good . . .
a lesson in pennies
three pennies in the offering plate
her new haircut
sisters fixing each other's hair
homemade flip books
colorful timelines
leaves in wax paper
bucket full of free pears
My list, #211-241.
