pillows and popsicles …

my list of thank you’s to God includes Caribou coffee, toothbrushes, Brazilian flip-flops, smiles & kisses, sun & rain, the smell of cut grass, falling snow, slushies, blankets, graham crackers and milk, fans, blank paper, empty cups waiting to be filled with lots of tasty possibilities, full gas tanks, fingernails & eyelashes, Pedro the Lion, sun-ripened oranges, fall colors, Frank Lloyd Wright, hot springs, fjords, pickled herring, Christmas & lefse, Carola, the Bible, wiggling toes, subtle winks, trash bags & toilet paper, clean water, C.S. Lewis, testimonies, friends, friends’ kids, friends’ kids antics, kissing owies, dripping icicles, fireplaces, wrestling brothers, off-key singing & bad hair days, MN State Fair mini-donuts & cheese curds, Lake Harriet & Summit Ave, raw cookie dough, a relationship with Jesus …