30 things I’m grateful for in April

  1. Everything but the Bagel seasoning

  2. Middle school orientation

  3. Choosing a destination for my 40th birthday trip

  4. Good Friday church service

  5. Christmas trip booked

  6. Rooney pitching and playing second base just like I used to

  7. Easter service with friends

  8. The resurrection

  9. Rooney’s band and choir concert

  10. Julie Ertz back on the USWNT

  11. Bridal shower for my cousin

  12. Mario movie

  13. Finch’s taekwondo promotion to orange belt

  14. Neighborhood kids playing together outside

  15. New neighbors

  16. Scotcharoo delivery

  17. Blooms on trees

  18. Booking flights to Colorado

  19. Frontier Airlines credit card

  20. Finch’s poetry parade at school

  21. Sunning on the deck

  22. Slow Sundays filled with puzzles and records playing

  23. Playing memory with Finch

  24. That our awesome neighbor braids Rooney’s hair

  25. Finch’s sketchbook drawings

  26. Kids playing a board game together

  27. Stadium seats

  28. Rooney comforting Finch when he was scared

  29. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

  30. Healing