A list of simply ten. Ten things of the here and now to help live in the moment and be grateful for it.
a birthday boy that gives us cause to celebrate the one man in our home (other than Jazz)
a little girl that sits to watch the Nutcracker ballet over and over
that little girl changing her dress up dress to match the sugar plum fairies and join them in dance.
warm breath of little ones fogging up cold windows
Christmas break with it's freedom and long list of non-school books to read
this year's Christmas ornaments for the girls hanging on the tree. two little glass angels
a moment of calm with the littlest one sleeping and the bigger little one dancing to Nutcracker music
the knowledge of how anxious and scared Mary was so many nights ago, now that I'm a mother as well
also, the knowledge of the feelings she may have felt after finally holding her precious wee one, except she held within her a much larger hope
a house, warm and cozy, that falls somewhere in between a preschool with it's toys and craft decorations hanging all over to a coffee house with jazz playing and an incessant aroma of coffee
