Emily P. Freeman is helping me learn to be present in my life and to pause to acknowledge where I am now and take in all that life is. One of her ideas is to make a list titled “These are the days…”, in which you write what’s taking place in your life right now. This has been huge for me and I need to do it more. I also notice I repeat myself on separate days, without meaning to! Even so, this helps me cultivate gratitude and also helps me pray, lay my heart before God, and let go a little too.

Without further ado, these are the days of…

… just trying to be faithful in a few things

… a heated thing on my shoulders

… hot lemon water and tea

… reading my husband’s papers

… blossoming friendships

… new goals

… anticipating autumn

… living with purpose

… making a home

… headaches

… branch and rock collecting