Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. We sit outside on Halloween evening, surrounded by our pumpkins and handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. That includes a small toddler, for whom we are her very first ever Halloween stop, as well as a pair of British siblings, one of whom is dressed quite boldly as a Red Coat.

2. With my middle school coaching over for the season, I’m able to make it to my volunteer coaching gig for its last week of the year. It’s fun to see the wee smalls again. I start up a new assignment with the group later this month, so it’ll be fun to see how that goes.

3. My team goes up against my friend’s, which he has carefully assembled to fill specific roles. I have gone into this game prepared to lose, but determined just to have fun, as my teammate is moving away, and this will be her final game with us. Periodically, we have magical games, where our trust and communication level up our individual abilities, and this is one of those weeks. We do end up losing, in the end, but we take a set and push the others close to the limit, and we wrap up the night feeling pretty awesome about things.

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