Joy Dare Catch Up: 20, 21, & 22

20. 3 gifts you saw only when you got close-up

• Hugs from friends, new and old. Learning to be more free with my love
• My dog's happiness. It's so contagious!
• Kids digging into the Word seriously, so inspiring and encouraging!

21. one thing in the sky, one thing from your memory, one thing that's ugly-beautiful

• clouds: pretty in the sky
• Reflecting back on some good times of learning about God and me during Bruin years
• My laptop dropped, but came out with only a few dents as battlescars, no internal damage, thank you Lord!

22. one grace wrinkled, one grace smoothed, one grace unfolded

• Wrinkled: fresh laundry just washed. Nothing a little ironing won't fix!
• Smoothed over: my stress about my Saturday schedule. An unexpected cancellation made if possible for me to spend more time with family!
• Unfolded: a beautiful card from a lovely friend. :)

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Other things to be thankful for:

• A visit from Cousin-Fong, R, Lilbro, and Cousin-Hey. Boba galore this weekend! I love family and having fun together
• Dinner with the family and going to Yogurtland afterwards
• Good conversations
• Rose milk tea
• Calling family in the Motherland and catching up a little, remembering why I want so badly to be able to travel back this summer...
• Watching movies with the parentals