The crickets began to warm up their voices precisely on August 1st. Over the next two weeks, they gradually added one voice after another until they reached full choir at mid-August. Now, even though the nighttime temperatures are cool, we can’t bear to shut the windows. Instead, we push the bed underneath the windows, pull up a comforter, and lie watching the stars as we listen to each night’s performance and drift off to sleep. We are so blessed…
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Top 10 Blessings
- Snow on the tip of a puppy’s nose
- Husbands who cook
- The setting sun over a coastal wetland
- A pile of purring cats
- A bamboo wind chime in the garden
- A fluffy down comforter on a cold winter night
- The silence of winter mornings in the woods
- Bookstores with deep leather chairs
- Vermont maple syrup
- A happy child filled with God’s purpose and love
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