One of my favorite yearly joys: the lights on the bare magnolia tree in the inner courtyard that shine each night.
Trying a new vegetable: I tasted for the first time tat soi, a relative of bok choy, while cooking a meal full of flavor with a dear friend at home.
A new, silly pair of socks that came as a gift (and wearing someone else’s slippers when one doesn’t pack her own!)
The best, most appropriate card that I received—given by a friend, made by an artist in Minnesota.
A unique variety of Poinsettia in the Eucharistic chapel...additionally the sister that also spotted it and bent over to give it a big kiss in gratitude for the beauty it shares with us.
A celebratory set of ribbons adorning my shoe collection outside my door!
May your year be full of simple joys. May you be present to them. May your gratitude run deeply for them. Happy New Year!
Let us walk in the holy presence.
