Things I'm thankful for today

1. The folks we now call friends who welcomed us into their world with utter graciousness.

2. The ebb and flow of life--opportunity, closed doors, endings and beginnings--that leads to such remarkable and unexpected places.

3. Life-giving creative endeavors.

4. How far the internet reaches from a very small town in the middle of nowhere.

(And hoping it will be fixed, for reals this time, soon.) 

5. Our staunchly loyal and supportive family. Both pictured and not.