June 15th - Secret Anniversaries

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It's the "feel" of the year that can trigger 

a secret anniversary of the heart... 

[for example]

all the sudden joys of childhood 

captured forever in the feel of June. 

"I am," 

Thomas Wolfe recalled in Look Homeward Angel,

"a part of all that I have touched 

and that has touched me."

We all are.

It took a secret anniversary of the heart to remind me 

that there is always time enough to remember. 

But there is never time enough to commemorate what we cherish,

unless we pause to observe, when they occur, 

the holiest of all holidays.

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I know that they're supposed to be secret, 

but here are a few of mine.

Holding a baby 

brings me right back to holding my own. 

Braiding and brushing someone's hair 

brings me right back to when I would braid and brush Shelby's hair.

Being at Grandma's house 

brings me right back to being a kid. 

What's one of yours?

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Gratitude Journal

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1) Blood. Blood is a fantastic thing. I had to clean up quite a bit of it yesterday and today. There were several bloody lips, and several bloody noses, and scraped knees...and black eyes and fat lips.....Blood is pretty awesome. 

2) Family histories. I got to meet my grandma's mother's brother's daughter. They called themselves kissing cousins. 

3) Naps and restful days at Nana's house. 

4) Things that get my ocd fix on. Like scraping 10 years of calcium build up off of the tile on the pool. So satisfying. Of course it took an hour to do one tile...but you know.

5) Finally being home and kissing my husband hello.