Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Everyone on my block shoveled, so for the first time in the 22 years I’ve lived here, you can safely walk the whole square. (This stops being true in short order.)

2. My friend Sergio reached out to ask if I wanted to come hang out with their two small kiddos. I did, so I spent a couple hours answering “Why…” questions, admiring the emergency vehicles that pulled up to their block, and making funny voices for toys so they could get a little work done. Sergio and Michelle fed me lunch and Sergio provided rides to and from their metro station, so it felt like a little vacation from my life.

3. Jess and I were the only ones from our team who were going to be able to make the game, and you need at least three players to not forfeit. So I pinged Aroush and Jordan, who braved the bad conditions to come to our rescue. The other team didn’t have any women, which is also a prerequisite, so they forfeited to us. We then played 4×4 and beat them anyway, which felt satisfying indeed.

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