I'm Glad to be Here

Day 1 of the 10 Day Family Re-Charge

I'm glad to be here.  I'm grateful for space and shelter and running water.

I'm grateful for hands suddenly able to cut a heart and for hands that reach for forbidden markers.

I'm glad to be here.

I'm grateful for the crisp skin of baked chicken and the creamy comfort of polenta.

I love the smell of cooking in the house.

I'm glad to be here.  I'm grateful for teens who cook and leave messes in the kitchen

and for the prayer of washing dishes.

I'm glad to be here.  I'm grateful for the blessing rain - so grateful -

and for the sounds of laughing and fussing; for running feet and banging doors.

I'm glad to be here. I'm grateful for one more day I have not earned;

Blessed to have one more day on this ancient earth;

One more chance to laugh, to live lustily, to reach out to love.

I'm glad to be here.

PS -- la pequeña muchacha returned yesterday evening for a short stay. By law, I can't post her picture here!  But if you email me, I'll send you her picture!  She's a cutie!