Happy Things

• Having a 10 month old run to you for protection when he feels insecure
• Being outside early in the morning and listening to the birds out in the woods by the creek at a park
• CHOCOLATE!!!
• Receiving letters from good friends
• Listening to Kelly I. describe how she "pulled a Mr. Gothard" on a lady in line at the video store, expounding on the importance of choosing a virtuous name meaning for your children
• When table team members are really motivated to say their verses (staying up till 11:45 PM to memorize?!)
• "Weakly and sick" vs. "weak and sickly"
• The way Jamie invests in an sacrifices for her roommates
• Someone asking me--quite out of the blue--"Do you realize that, for most of our lives, we'll be married to old men?"