i delight in 29/52.

well another week has happened. its amazing watching the year pass by week by week how time just passes almost imperceptibly in a certain sense. in another sense, i'm just overwhelmed by the things i just don't seem to get to but i try not to let some of that bother my tendencies toward perfectionism. otherwise i'd never delight in anything!

highlights of the week...

• reading pocahontas with christin complete with renditions of just around the riverbend, colors of the wind and the gold song i don't remember what its title is
• finding a treasured disney cd
• discovering that my dad knows the lyrics to a lot of random songs. for example, the siamese cat song from lady and the tramp and the words to all the mr. ed song (as in the old television show) a horse is a horse of course of course...that's all i know, he sang the whole thing. note the irony that all this comes from someone who is fairly tone deaf. it makes the whole experience even better! 
• crazy evening storms almost every night!
• a lovely evening including delicious dinner by the river, a talented musician and a walk to the up and coming ogden temple with my dearest friend carly
• hearing my family talk about carly's sweet babies ALL weekend after they got to enjoy them for an evening
• early morning temple trips and visiting grandparents in brigham including searching for socks and mascara
• my new favorite quote: me: "grandpa, you are so wise." grandpa: "oh granddaughter, you've confused the word wise with wacky, i'm so wild." at 92, he doesn't skip a beat!
• helping make my stake's float for the 24th of july parade--snowing styrofoam, sawing styrofoam, sanding styrofoam, gluing and glittering letters, painting styrofoam,  spray painting styrofoam. i have a new appreciation for parade floats
• adventuring in salt lake with heather: trying bruges waffles and frites for the first time (and definitely not the last), exploring the farmers market at pioneer park (also for the first time), wandering the church history museum (always my favorite), deseret book, dinner at sixth and pine, venturing up to the tutoring toy and giving heather the tour of sl/the aves. it always makes me miss my time in salt lake. i'm so glad it happened though!
• crossing things off the summer bucket list
• buying new gym shoes (finally)
• seeing family i don't get to see as often as i'd like
• watching christin's face as cousin jonny gives her the biggest hug, he makes her feel like a million bucks and i love that! it reminds me that there are people out there who just get what a difference they can make and who just do what should always be done...loving others. 
• hearing someone pray in french, it made me miss my mission
• finishing the book "visions of glory" by john pontius

i know there are things i've left off this list that i truly delighted in. i always delight in so many aspects of my job. there is something about the million tiny moments that happen in a day when it comes to working with kids that just make my heart swell with gratitude and enthusiasm for what i get the privilege of doing. i've been delighting in the flowers a lot lately. caring for them for a week as their sole water provider made me have a new appreciation and outlook on the importance of inspecting them daily to make sure they're doing well. what a parallel for how we can care for others. if they're needing water, we certainly ought to give it to them. if people are needing refreshment or physical or spiritual nourishment, shouldn't we do something sooner rather than later?

what have you delighted in this week?

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visions of glory

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