a reflective mood

My thoughts are on these things today:

* a pregnant friend who is on bed-rest.
* the state of the contents of our refrigerator.
*our trip to NYC tomorrow.
* family members that are visiting the Outer Banks.
* a friend's new baby that I have hardly had a chance to hold.
* God's faithfulness.
* how much my family would love to live near a riverbank.
* how I can share the joys of one family and the sorrows of another, all in one week.
* my constant yearning for signs of spring. I leaned over the hyacinth plants (3 for 10$) at the grocery store. closed my eyes, inhaled deeply, and imagined I was strolling in a summer field of flowers. The bang of a nearby grocery cart jarred me back to reality.