Today, I am thankful for:
- Guion
- Gorgeous spring weather
- Toiling in the earth alongside my helpmeet
- Maddy, Sallie, and Tara
- The fact that Rachel has kept up her blog; equally thankful for her gift of expression
- This town
- Dog-savvy people who bring their dogs to play with our psychopaths
- Cherry trees in bloom
- Everything in bloom, actually
- Not going to the forum on the church and homosexuality so that I could have a long brunch instead
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Dirt under your fingernails
- Our house
- Books in translation and being able to trust that the translation is good
- Dogs chewing on sticks
- Open windows
- Smelling like the earth after a long day working in the yard
- Men who listen
- The Wire
- Annie Dillard
- Family and friends who don’t ask me when I’m going to spawn a child and why I haven’t yet
- Journaling again
- Not having to moderate Facebook for the shepherd rescue anymore
- Mom, Dad, Kelsey, and Alex coming to visit this weekend
Little Stories 
Dog savvy people,Men who listen, parents and on and on.
Really funny and yet in a way more real.
Nice
“Family and friends who don’t ask me when I’m going to spawn a child and why I haven’t yet”
I like this 🙂
Thanks, Abby! And thanks for your thoughts as well–certainly it’s a difficult issue, and one I’m really only waking up to, along with all those other things I thought I had contained so neatly. As Alison Krauss would say, “All the answers that I started with / Turned out questions in the end.” (Meanwhile, the compliment thing is opening up another can of worms entirely. Must ponder further.)
Haha the fourth before the last made me chuckle there 😀
Thankful for YOU!! xox