Things that amaze me:

~ The Full Moon Looking up at a gleaming full moon in a cloudless sky never fails to take my breathe away. I can feel an energy radiating from it that soaks into my soul. Every month, I find time to stand outside late on a full moon night to enjoy the quiet and the energy of the moon.

~ My Mother She is so generous and has a knack for giving gifts that are more than just material goods. She gifts me with things I never knew how much I wanted, like 600 count sateen sheets and the perfect shredder for Parmesan. She gives my children magazine subscriptions and two gifts in one when she takes them shopping for shoes (an adored task). Yesterday she informed me that she wants to give the children the Rosetta Stone for the winter holidays. Her thoughtfulness blows me away.

~ My Home I love every inch of this old home. I look around at the hundred year old wood work, flowing rooms and shady front porch, and I cannot believe that I own this wonderful, historic home.

~ Friends I have been blessed with some incredible people in my life. I do not see myself as that interesting, so it amazes me that other people think I am.

~ Knitting Two sticks and a piece of yarn. Put them into the hands of a knitter and who knows what will result. The product is beautiful, and the process is meditation for me. Follow a simple pattern, let the fingers to their thing and let the mind wander as it will.

~ Baby Radar Every night, no matter how sound asleep Simon is or how long he has been sleeping, he wakes within ten minutes of my slipping into bed. It doesn't matter how close I am to him, how careful I am to not jostle the bed or how quiet am I. Without fail, ten minutes and he is wakes up just enough to nurse. In the morning, the reverse happens. No matter how careful and quiet I am, within ten minutes of my leaving the bed, he is awake and ready for the day. All four of the children have had this Baby Radar. I find it fascinating that Mother Nature programmed babies this way.