Holiday Gratitude Day 13

Today I’m grateful for a Sabbath day off, for running kids and Julia to school, for Holy Communion at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, for the blessings of the community there (both parish and parish school), for their support of Julia, for their faithfulness with Phoebe and James, for an effective and diverse curriculum, and for faith based education (complete with the sign of the cross!) And I’m grateful for ducks and geese in a morning stream, the smells of: fresh cut grass, freshly printed paper, eucalyptus oil, spaghetti sauce, and my children’s clean hair.