The dog comes to greet us every morning before we get out of bed.
We're retired now. This reminds us we can sleep in later than our
daughter. We chuckle at the dog, watch her leave as Emma calls her from the door, and turn over to embrace each other before
starting our day.
“Tell Grampa the joke, Lucien.” Two year old Lucien pokes his
grampa in the nose and says, “EAR”, and giggles because he knows
it's a nose. That's the joke.
A fat cheeked, dimpled baby Opal with wide eyes watches her brothers play
with smiles turning her face into a round, joyfilled sun.
Dropping Patrick off to babysit the grandkids, I hear Mattheus
yell from the dining room “UNCLE PATCHY!!” and Lucien just
yelled.
Two ladies on the train in Chicago laugh and joke with us, telling me
how I would look good with my hair in corn row braids. One of the
ladies has stayed with us at Ronald McDonald House. I know what she's
going through with her new grandson. We embrace and cry a little when
Emma and I have to leave.
A homeless man sees us trying to figure out where we are going at the
train station. He comes over and asks where we want to go, then he
escorts us straight to the platform. Only after we are at the right
place does he ask if we have some spare change to give him. When I admit I don't have any at all, he smiles and wishes us a safe trip.
We make it out to the passenger pick-up area just as Chris drives up.
For two tired travelers, this is a wonderful moment.
On Thanksgiving morning, I receive a message from an out-of-town friend,
expressing gratitude for our friendship. It means more to me than I
can express. Today our family is getting together for a meal. The house will be wonderfully loud and crazy.
Some times I find myself waiting for the big things to happen and
forgetting that small moments make up most of our lives. This year, I
want to try harder to appreciate all the small moments.
Today I get to practice this after I stepped in dog poop. It was a small moment too, and
I'm really, really thankful it wasn't any bigger.
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