I never saw our daughter Savannah run or do so many things after she became sick....so when Dempsey’s sweet girlfriends taught her to jump rope I never take these little things for granted. Watching the thrill in her eyes and her dimples emerge deep in her cheeks as she hurdled the rope…giggling and out of breath, brought a smile to my face…………
When there's so many starving in this world I'm thankful for the delicious waft of fresh baked bread that invokes comfort……still warm and crusty and waiting to be torn apart and devoured.........
And then feeding the crumbs to the starving sparrows that wait for me now in the fresh morning air.
I hear fluttering in the trees as the birds flock to our yard…hopping from branch to branch in eager anticipation….starving, they watch me sprinkle crumbs onto the dewy lawn……I feel good that I’m sharing with natures tiny friends.
Listening to Demps twinkle our piano keys as she practices every morning, it's breakfast for my soul. Her latest song "You fill my heart" just does that! :)
Watching Dempsey shake out her pocket money from her piggy bank and count it for the hundredth time as she hoards penny after penny away for the Panda bear she's desperately saving and waiting for..…..
We bought this pretty rainbow wind catcher. It's calming to watch it spin and twirl in the breeze outside my window............
Dempsey had a Grandparents day concert at school on Friday.
Oh the tears spilled as I watched my baby on the big screen to the tune of ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ A special moment I had the privilege to witness however was bittersweet as my Dad and of course my beautiful Mum, couldn't be there to see her.....
She was the only child in her class without a Grandparent and this made me sad...but wait, oh how lucky we are.....Dempesy's BFF's Grandparents invited her out for lunch with them...... "Would Demps like to adopt us for the day?" they asked me. I tried hard not to cry at how grateful I was! They will never know how special it was for me...and Dempsey...even if it was at 'Denny's' :)
And the icing on the cake was yesterday! Meet Pixie the Panda...its a Fur Real Pet and growls, giggles and snores if you leave it alone for more than ten minutes! (louder than my husband too!)
My absolute joy yesterday was watching my baby in the long check out line at T J Max. She smiled at strangers and they smiled back....with love in their eyes at Dempsey, waiting patiently, piggy bank in one hand, brimming with coins.....and her Panda in the other.
Even the check out boy wasn't perturbed at the crash of coins she unleashed on his counter....and I was also THANKFUL for that!:)
Wishing you Sunshine if your cup is blue and a great start to a new week!
love D x
Those are all wonderful thoughts. By the way, that's a great looking loaf of bread!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment....they mean a lot to me! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is a great looking loaf isn't it...I didn't bake it of course, it was from Von's Supermarket but was steaming hot out of their oven..... :) I bet you miss the bread from here over in the UK.
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Diana