“Every time you feel in God’s creatures something pleasing and attractive, do not let your attention be arrested by them alone, but, passing them by, transfer your thought to God and say: ‘O my God, if Thy creations are so full of beauty, delight and joy, how infinitely more full of beauty, delight and joy art Thou Thyself, Creator of all.'” -Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts, Zondervan, Grand Rapids Michigan, 2010, 102.)
22. the sweet, awakening smell of tea olives in my driveway at the most surprising times
23. Donna Gardner, who helps me make sense of my wild, untamed yard. (When I stop to attempt to tame it)
24. My huge, untamed yard
25. The trampoline my father gave us
26. My father
