thankful for

1. Emily's laughter from downstairs
2. hope.
3. possibilities
4. Cozy cottages of Frankfort Michigan
5 scuttle of Ginger's feet
6. Lists.
7. eyes, breath, smell
8. Traverse City
9. Promises.
10. This I know, my God is for me.
11. Warmth of sleeping bag over feet.
12. Birds chirping in chilly air
13. Sounds of cars passing (grateful for hearing)
14. "I want you to learn, be sure of yourself."
15. sun going down through the window
16. leather straps loose on journals
17. sickness gone.
18. running through the sand at Pt. Betsie.
19. water of the great lakes
20. yipping of Ginger.