hey!  happy weekend to you, friends.
my heart feels a bit lighter this weekend with the nice warm sunshine.  fiiiinallllyyyy, ahhhh!  feelin like i could skip around outside for a good bit today.  i just might!
here's a list of things i feel thankful for today.  gratitude is so important.
thankful for...
my overalls and t-shirt without a coat... let me repeat... WITHOUT A COAT!!!  just feel like myself today.
church this mornin.  feel like i haven't been to my church on a sunday in a long time and it felt so so nice to sing loud amongst other believers.
the lyrics from one of the songs we sang, "hallelujah, praise the One who set me free.. hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me."  simple yet profound.  jotted them down so i'd remember the song and turns out it was phil wickham's "living hope."
sid kid, next to me as i type this.  been missin that kumquat.  she's my buddy and it's good to be together.
for holding hands with francis in the sunshine yesterday, walkin along the river.  that was really sweet and i'm grateful.  he cares for me really well and he's my best friend.
for the renewed energy i feel from the weather.  feel a little more recharged to serve those kiddos i work with.
for pastor dave's tears this mornin as he talked about how God goes after the rejected, discarded, forgotten people.

praise God from whom all blessings flow!
​all is gift.

this blog format was floating around blogs a while ago.  i did it back in 2014, but i thought i'd bring it back because sometimes i don't know what to blog about but i still really enjoy blogging, so it's nice to have a format.  here ya go!  a list of things lately, typed to you from new hope coin laundry, because my apartment's laundry machines are down.