One thousand and six

This challenge to count to One Thousand Gifts, this gift list from the Giver that is never ceasing but always flowing from His heart, this, and all these, are What I'm Loving this day

976.  The word PRESERVE coming to mind about this upcoming season of our lives, and then finding a picture of mason jars filled with Earth's bounty.  Both of these used on the first page of my new journal.  And then receiving the gift of this verse, the exact psalm we will be praying over Daniel and his men:

The Lord PRESERVES the faithful. (Psalm 31:23)

977.  Tirzah's freckles!  She has just a handful, right below her eyes and across her precious button nose

978.  New life celebrated just five doors up!  Our neighbors welcomed their precious boy on Monday evening

979.  Mini yellow roses

980.  How she observes so well

981.  Yet another new friend at the park!

982.  Hummingbird's visit at the window

983.  A nest!  Tucked into the corner where the pillar meets the awning

984.  Baking with her again.  Pulling up the highchair to the drawer with all her kitchen toys.  A little flour for Mam's bowl a little flour for Tirzah's bowl...

985. Washing dishes with her for the first time!  We simply pulled the highchair over to sit in front of the sink and a new world was discovered.  She loves washing dishes!  Oh to study the intricacies of bubbles during morning chores

986.  Our first real afternoon tea party together: gingerbread and orange spice tea. How she loved the tea!

988.  She set a picnic (we had a blanket on the floor to catch all the flour and other ingredients that feel from her baking station.  When we had finished baking, she was walking here and there around the house and when I looked back at the blanket, she had set her plate out like it was a regular ole picnic!)

989.  Homemade gingerbread with a little crunch 

990.  A faithful family who waits (written by my Beloved)

991.  My husband bringing home a fancy bottle of wine, just because

992.  Beholding a new Mama all snuggled warm on the couch with her son

993.  Dreaming with him in the early morning light; sipping our coffee together

994.  New window seat for morning devotions

995.  Her, adventuring by herself across the big field.  Talking sweet nothings to herself all the while

996.  That girl, with her bow strapped across her back, riding her bike to her perfect little reading spot

998.  Laundry hung and yogurt made

999.  The Rock by the park: a constant visual reminder the You are our Rock

1000.  Studying seashells together: her perched on my lap and her smell so close.  Her little hand reaching into that blue mason jar to bring up just one more

1001.  Sunshine, a back scratch, and my husbands embrace all in the same moment

1002.  Her face as she ate a raw potato

1003.  How her whole body shuddered with the tartness of a lemon

1004.  When she turns around to wave bye bye

1005.  A morning walk through the garden together

1006.  Her, all bent over in search of her bebo (belly button!)