me

• a successful bridal brunch for my mom full of her friends that love her and good mimosas and great food.
• her glow and giggle and how she proudly carried in her 1 year old new grandbaby girl, shaelyn, and her arm around 11 year old new granddaughter, justine.
• the doritys who we can stop by to visit and talk with for hours and never feel like we're imposing. they'd be upset if we left. her spinach casserole which will make you slap your mama, it's so good!
• a good walk/run on the greenway with the girls and david last night. abbie can keep up with the big ones!
• my dress for mom's wedding is in and it's awesome.
• elizabeth's 2nd bday party.
• thomas' new baby girl, isabella rose.
• an unexpected visit with benjamin, whitty and ben yesterday at jason's deli. good hugs from little b!
• all the little people in my life.
• elizabeth screaming with delight when i got out of the car with a balloon of minnie mouse bigger than she is!
• rowyn giving me a big hug.
• watching mom light up as rowyn hugged her and told her she loved her.
• ava kissing me on the cheek.
• brantley and john wesley giving me high 5s.
• the excitement of maybe getting knocked up in may!
• david and his passion for nature and the planet. his dreams of the perfect pond taking shape and his garden starting to take off.
• his collards. they rock.
• sharing in michelle, craig, dean and 'the other michelle's' pictures of the weekend.
• randy looks exactly like he did 15 years ago. it's crazy.
• the 3 weiner dogs that live down the street and how they make me giggle when they prance down the street!
• my mother-in-law for being her. she's simply the sweetest woman on the planet. knowing that she loves me and feels i'm good for her little boy.
• big d's laugh (cry, sigh, gulp) yesterday when he realized his little boy is turning 35 next month!
• sunshine and warm weather.
• air conditioning in my car and not quite needing it in the house.
• oprah being willing to do a show on stillbirth and how that will affect the live birth outcome profoundly of so many pregnancies in the years to come. how this issue is slowing being recognized as something that can be affected if we watch the fetal movement more closely in the last weeks of pregnancy.
• dr. jason collins in slidell, la having a pregnancy protocol for local doctors to use and at home monitors to record heartrate while mothers sleep. doctors being willing to use it.
• mothers sleeping better because of dr. collins' monitor.
• riding on others' courage to slowly be who i am now. learning to be ok with me not being who i was. grief changes that.
• being able to acknowledge that i am still grieving, although not as profoundly, it is still a minute by minute emotion.
• you