Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Rebecca and I walk across town after coaching to catch up on how life is going. And my upstairs neighbors, Ryan and the delightful golden puppy Miller, walk partway back from the park with me this evening, before I break away to do my grocery shopping.

2. The connecting bus I need does not show up, which means I am later than intended arriving at the Arlington library — and the closest door is already locked. But the library is open for three more minutes! So I sprint to another door and then across to the holds shelf, where a book I’ve been waiting for is about to go to the net person on the list. The librarian comes over — “Don’t run! I’ll check you out!” she kindly assures me.

3. Rudi and I were separately looking through photos to print and we both commented on how much the cats have grown: “Coal was so tiny! He curled up in my bowl!” And, “Remember how much Ember hated when we played music?!” But somehow, surprisingly, six months have passed since they moved in with us, and none of us can imagine the world any other way.

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