I want to say thank you for today

Sleeping in till 6:30 and watching my black coffee sway

In its mug as I placed my bare feet on the imaginary rug in front of my space heater

I get distracted trying to read Leviticus but I’m still a believer

My long run was like a dream

Over four bridges, through my town’s busiest streets

The sky was a heavenly blue

The water, an emerald hue

Like something out of Revelation 21

How I’m praying for Your kingdom to come

I think about all my distant friends and I pray for them

And I pray for myself, that You’ll guide me out of the dark cave

Is it selfish to pray for myself, anyway?

Thanks for time to walk my dog in a charming neighborhood

I couldn’t stop looking at the sky from where he and I stood

In that big open field behind the church

I try not to think about all the people that place has hurt

It was nice going on a date with my husband

Pizza and guns

He asked me over the table what I think of

I told him work and the story I’m reading

We talked about being in our late 30s and realizing there’s some things we’re living without

There’s no extra set of human feet on our hardwoods

Just four puppy paws

He feels like something’s missing but I feel like I’ve got it all

I watch the sun hit the barren tree limbs

As the sky turns orange

Heaven is here, no?

In the sun’s evening glow

On the bridge, in my Golden retriever’s kiss

In my husband’s arms

And their friendship

I might be having a small mid-life crisis

No baby, stagnant in my career, a future that might be shady

But I tried to look at today – how nice this is

The gulls and the river heading out to the bay

I’ll never have it all figured out, that’s one of my revelations

Maybe life is like wind

Flighty expectations

Time’s a gift to be spent

I pray for wisdom

To live it right

Thanks for today, to the One who gives me sight