Grateful

Today I'm grateful for:

• waking up with two little blond heads nestled snugly under each arm
• the smell of rain
• a cough that is finally getting productive
• a hot, uninterrupted shower
• toweling off with a freshly laundered towel
• a hard rain which miraculously ceased just long enough for the soccer game
• two no-shows for the soccer game which meant that Dean had to play the entire game - it did wonders for his confidence
• a goal scored by Jack
• the other mom who showed up who brought with her a gigantic umbrella and bought donuts for the boys
• thinking ahead when I bought my car to the days in which I'd have two wet, muddy soccer players climbing into the backseat
• not really caring that I have mud all over the backseat
• that the sky cleared up long enough to have a backyard game of kickball
• that Jack can now do word seek games by himself
• that Dean can entertain himself with blank paper and markers
• the chicken tortilla soup that Tom bought last week when I was sick that will serve as our lunch today
• Jack and Dean who are being really good kids today