“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift.” Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines
Anna’s growing independence and learning of letters and words
Volunteering with the high school girls
Meeting new people in our Sunday School class
Watching Anna play independently
Marco Polo for long conversations with good friends out of town
A weekend away just the two of us
Seeing baby girl #2 healthy and growing on the ultrasound screen
Watching our pastor at home when we can’t make it to service
Singing Amazing Grace over and over to Anna
Brainstorming where to put baby #2 in our home
Watching the Olympics with John and halo top ice cream
This sweatshirt (a friend gave it to me in grey)
Planning a trip for the three of us to Texas
Sparkling white grape juice for celebrating while pregnant
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