Latest Edition: Tender Mercies

(any and all Christmas-y goodness)

MoTab concerts

Lord of the Rings inspired gingerbread houses

visits with friends

delicious smelling/tasting gifts from my students

not dying on the exceptionally choppy airplane ride home

the "Polar Express"

brothers wearing sweaters

"It's a Wonderful Life"

Mariah Carey Christmas music

real Christmas trees

my mom's 40-some-odd nativities

the Christ-centered Christmas focus

Chuy's fajita chicken salad

Texas winter weather

(and missing the beginning of the Utah snow)

finding the perfect shirt for family pictures

Cousins, and cousin-in-laws, and cousin's babies

sweet grandparents;

and especially a kindred spirit in this grandma

the movie, Music of the Heart

seriously, wow! Juuust what I needed.

Also, Into the Woods;

and really,

pretty much any movie with Meryl Streep,

am I right??

And those people;

plus these besties;

A new apartment to come soon...

...and just a whole new year,

ready for all my New Years resolutions

#ilovethegym

#andveggies

#GradSchool ?

#scriptureseveryday

But most especially,

consistent realizations that life is good,

and I have been and always will be

helped in the direction that I need to go.

"We should certainly count our blessings,

but we should also make them count."

--Neal A. Maxwell