Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. My team’s schedule has gotten harder as the season progressed, with our final three games against the best teams in the league. We lost the last two weeks in nail biters, and there was a distinct chance that if we failed again we wouldn’t advance to the playoffs. So, we didn’t. We scored point after point, slowly surprising the undefeated #1 team and ultimately beating them in straight sets. It’s not to say we didn’t make mistakes; we all absolutely did. But we also pulled off great plays, covered where we should have, and stayed out of our heads when things didn’t go our way. It’s been a while since we’ve had a magical game like that, where we were wholly in synch, and it truly felt amazing.

2. Sunday afternoon, I took myself up to the annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. As per usual, I arrived a little later than I would have liked, but still had a couple hours to eat a funnel cake; watch a sheepdog demonstration; admire sheep; wander past every vendor; and buy sparkly yarn, honey, and plants for the garden.

3. Rudi and I had tickets to this afternoon’s baseball game and the Nats ended the day victorious. The weather turned out to be perfect, a former team favorite since traded away (Josh Bell) had a hit for the other side, and our team played a good game of baseball across all nine innings.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?