I was listening to Ann’s book today, memorized by her voice, and as she spoke I started thinking of the gifts of joy I had been given over the last few weeks that I had not acknowledged. So many little things that normally just slip by. I wonder if it is not the act of stopping, seeing, and acknowledging that really is the gift….I think Ann said that, didn’t she?
So here are a few:
3 yellow things: my yellow highlighter marking verses
1 thing you gave away: birthday gifts to friends, near and far
1 gift that made you quiet: a picture given to me of me & my mother holding hands, laughing
a grace in the weather: the storm, winds, rains, safety, working with Adam before the rains
a gift only see close-up: visiting the quilt museum, all those tiny stitches, standing as close as possible without touching to see them
1 thing from your memory: walking into Hancock Fabrics and remembering being their with my mother and grandmother as a little girl
1 grace smoothed & unfolded: folding tarps with Adam and having the wind unfold them
gifts found in Christ: today it would joy, the choose given, forgiveness, peace
“Life is not an emergency, it is like dessert, to be savored.” – Ann Voskamp
