A few of my favorite things...

I always have a million more blog posts in my head than I have time to write. Then they get put off until I just don't have time to catch up. So below are some snapshots from the past week, meant to be sung to the tune of the song from The Sound of Music. :)

 Raindrops on roses,

and pigtails on toddlers;

 Peeking through tunnels

and camera captures.

Cold, dreary winters that turn into spring...

These are a few of my favorite things!

First taxi alone with my little companion

 Sitting in sun

In an Asian pavilion;

A toddler that points and then "a, e, oh" sings...

These are a few of my favorite things!

When the cold squalls. When the rain falls.

When the haze is bad...

I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so sad!

 Crafts made of felt for a tot to be quiet,

Homemade tortillas so we don't have to buy it;

Husbands that make the house also have spring...

These are a few of my favorite things!

 Daughters in boxes with a foot up and resting,

 Mahjong with colleagues

 then with friends while 'a talking;

Willows with leaves

And the joy a girl brings,

These are a few of my favorite things!

When the nausea strikes; when the AQI spikes,

when the toddler is mad...

I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!

To be honest, remembering things to be thankful is still hard on those harder days. I definitely am just happier all around on the days I get to go outside, to see the flowers, and the life on the streets, from the busy corner bakery to the owners of the bike shop playing badminton on the street, to the sewing machine humming inside the window of the laundromat to the guard at the gate that shares treats with Hadassah. But, "rejoice in all circumstances..." Something I'm still praying the Lord teaches me more of.