It’s the little things!

-A surprise post-card

-Espresso coffee waiting for you after lunch

-Longing to see the intricate patterns of a snowflake

-Being Facebooked from the graduation ceremony that you are graduating from ‘in absentia’

-A baby sparrow landing on your window-sill and serenading you as you try to prepare a Canon Law lesson

-Catching up via skype with good friends who can bring out all that is good in you

-The determined primrose that is growing through the cracks and the gravel

-The old man who says ‘Jesus says hi!’ when I meet him coming out from the Adoration Chapel

-That I took between 17,280 and 23,040 breaths today and my heart beat 103680 times during the day (maybe minus that one beat where I nearly fell on the stairs!)

- The leaves in the carpark which are dancing in the wind as Autumn makes its grand entrance
-Looking through photos from the past few years and seeing how God has blessed me with great people along the way

-When I heard my favourite song on the radio and realised that I still know the words

-Being able to write a ‘thank you’ note with a new fountain pen and not smudge (note: fountain pens are not made for lefties!)

-Getting a text message that actually had correct grammar and punctuation

-Eating ice-cream and some tooth nerve not doing Riverdance

-Looking at the prayer intentions and smiling at the one with the child’s handwriting which asks God to ‘look after Jesus and Mary…they’re our friends’
-10 minute power naps which leave you with the feeling you can take on the world, even on a Monday!

- Mid-afternoon texts
-Starting a new book and realising that this is really what I need to read right now

-The fresh smell after it rains

-Being almost half-way through a ‘to-do’ list by lunchtime
-LIFE!