Good things on this Tuesday.

October 13, 2026

Day 3,500

Thankful for: 

A good day at work. Checking things off my to-do list. 

Sweet texts from Matt throughout the day. 

My dad came to my house to let Artemis out during the day. 

Sweet students. 

Sweet co-workers. 

Coming home to the house being cleaned up by Matt so I wouldn't have to come home and do it. 

I made a bunch of egg bites for the week. 

Time with Matt. 

Watching a show in bed with Matt. 

Artemis is going into heat, and she's been needy and sad. I'm not thankful for that, but I am thankful that we get to comfort her. 

A Monday off.

October 12, 2026

Day 3,499

Thankful for: 

A day off. 

Time alone with Matt. 

A morning nap on the couch. 

Fall things like pumpkins on my porch. 

A pretty blue sky today. 

A walk with Artemis and Adelyn. 

Time to relax. 

Treats for tomorrow. 

When I was making the treats for tomorrow, Artemis got scared of the mixer. I guess she had never heard it before. She was shaking and ran into the laundry room. Tobin sat and comforted her. I'm glad Tobin loves her so much. 

A short week this week. 

Lunch on the couch with Matt and a show. 

Rain and leaves and dinner with friends.

October 11, 2026

Day 3,498

Thankful for: 

Rain. 

Staying home most of the day. 

I went out to dinner with friends. It was nice to talk and laugh and eat good food. 

I went grocery shopping for the week at night. It was nice to shop when there were no people in the store. 

Coming home to my house in the woods. 

My sweet family. 

Wet leaves. 

A tiny fall leaf. 

A rainy walk with Artemis. 

Crows. They are amazing birds. I wish I could make a crow friend so badly. I always say hello to them because I read that they remember people who are kind to them. 

Great Saturday with Artemis.

October 10, 2026

Day 3,497

Thankful for: 

A great Saturday morning with Artemis. She's so smart and I love doing classes with her. Everyone at Haus Juris is so impressed with her and proud!

A cloudy day. 

A big project getting done at our school. 

Coming home to the best family. 

Being able to relax. 

Two more days off ahead of me. 

Matt and I are off of Monday, and the kids go school. We are very excited about a day alone together. 

Extra time with Odette.

October 9, 2026

Day 3,496

Thankful for: 

A good day at work. 

Extra time with Odette. Patty and Armando went on Patty's field trip together so I had Odette after school. 

Ice cream with Odette. 

Tobin having fun with friends at a birthday party. 

Addy went to a football game with friends. 

Homemade pizza for dinner. 

Extra time this weekend with Matt. 

Looking at all the cute animals at Petsmart. 

The entire weekend ahead of me. 

Death always reminds.

October 8, 2026

Day 3,495

     I went to a funeral today. Death always reminds. It reminds me that life is precious. It seems like such a cliche to say that. But for me, there isn't a more powerful reminder of the preciousness of life than death. Death is an amputation. It is the cutting of something precious and loved and necessary for life and then bidding the amputee to continue on like everything is normal. It seems foreign to go about the day as normal when life for the amputee has been altered irrevocably. 

     It seems interesting to me that on this particular day, the day of Christina's funeral, my car broke down and I was stranded and in need of help. I called my dad and he came to pick me up. He bought Panera for dinner for us. We saw such a beautiful sunset on the drive home. We had a nice time together after dinner watching Artemis do her tricks. It all seems so insignificant. But on the day of a funeral when death was present, I am reminded that the insignificant things are actually the most significant things. 

     Life is not about big events. It's about the random Tuesdays. Families eating dinner together. Finding joy in a dog together. Watching sunsets while driving down country roads together. It's precious. And I'm always sorry it takes death to remind me of it. 

     Thankful for this precious life. 

Treasure.

October 7, 2026

Day 3,494

     Matt sent me an ordinary text today, but it made me stop and think. I had called him while I was driving home, but he didn't answer. He texted me, "hey babe, you okay, I'm doing a quick thing for class." Sometimes it's those little ordinary, everyday moments that make you stop and think. His text made me smile because I have a husband who loves me so much that he would send me a text in the middle of a school meeting to make sure I'm okay. I have a husband who I've been with since I was 17 years old. I have a husband who calls me babe. I have a husband who tells me at the beginning of October, "Don't open any packages over the next few weeks. I have some anniversary and Christmas gifts coming for you." I have a husband who comes to find me in the next room when I leave the room he's in because sports are on the tv. Those words got me today. I have a husband, and he calls me babe. He has since we were 17. What a gift. What a treasure.

     Feeling thankful tonight for the love of my life.