September 15

All in all, I had a very full, very nice day. I'm not entirely sure how to explain what I mean here, but I feel like I got to take a lot of deep breaths, which is something I haven't done particularly often of late.

I saw this rose as I was getting out of the car for the Little Boys' swim lessons this evening. I was struck by the vibrancy of the pink and of the crispness of each petal. And beyond that, I was struck by the simple fact that I actually noticed it at all, because I feel like a lot of really obvious, really lovely things have escaped me in recent days.

So tonight, I'm thankful that I'm once again noticing --and appreciating-- the details.