Gifts: Days 8, 9 & 10

Day 8:  My gift was a loaf of home-baked bread to my sweet friend Sandra.  This was really a small gesture of gratefulness because each year for the past many, she has let me come pick from her huge garden at the end of the season.  This year I brought home potatoes, chard, spinach, parsley, onions, carrots, beets and broccoli - all organic and delicious.  Just seeing her family's garden is really a gift.  And Sandra is the kindest, most giving of people.  While we picked she told me how she is going to start distributing free cloth diapers to mamas who need them.  I'm so lucky to call her a friend.

The second part of this gift is really cool too.  Because Sandra has such a large garden I am able to take food not only for my family, but for my friend/neighbors too.  So I got the joy of sharing all this bounty.  That feels really good.

Day 9:  Yesterday I brought a hot chocolate to my dh.  He was so happy and grateful.  It felt like a really good gift.  He's now working in suddenly very cold conditions outside, all day long.  The day before it was in the 70s, but yesterday brought snow.  I am happy for the snow, for many reasons - putting out our wildfires, cleaning the smoke from the air, bringing moisture to our dry climate, and because snow is really beautiful.  I celebrated by taking my dogs for a little snow hike - Mr. Ed's first time playing in the snow.  Predictably, he loved it!!  (Mr. Ed is known to be so easy going and fun loving, he can have fun just about anywhere).

Dh with his cocoa treat

Day 10:  Today I sponsored my friend at work for Bowl for Kids Sake.  That was easy!!  I'm also driving pretty far to watch my youngest play volleyball this afternoon - probably the last game I'll get to see.  That feels like a gift for both of us.  And my friend just invited me to walk dogs with her.  That will be a huge gift for me.  Thank you Universe for answering my call - to help me feel better today.