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Belly laughing with Joanne over my little spade. (She had expected me to come out with the regular one.) 

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Giant giveaways as part of their grand reopening following the renovation.

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My granddaughter's husband, always so willing to help me with my computer issues, and his gift of a Macbook Air from his computer stock when I was in need of a new one.

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Eggs laid by my granddaughter's chickens.

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Watching my littlest great-grandchildren enjoying the same big box of construction toys their moms used to play with for hours on end when they would come and visit me so many years ago.

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A belated birthday celebration organized by two of my granddaughters and brought over to my apartment for a fun afternoon of pizza and games. 

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It has been so long since I started this blog--nine years to be exact-- it shames me to see that I haven't even reached half my goal of 365 posts yet despite the many, many glimpses of God's grace I've witnessed since then. So here I am after a long hiatus, picking up with a delayed post of my birthday on September 30th (ten days ago).

The pain of back issues and a shoulder that kept spasming up led to a day in bed instead of out celebrating. However, I was most grateful for the heating pad and ice pack that provided relief from the pain. I was also grateful for all the texts, phone calls, prayers, and messages from friends and loved ones that made me feel surrounded by love, as did the colorful birthday cards on display, and a beautiful bouqet of flowers from a neighbor.  That's at least five glimpses of God's grace right there, and hopefully it won't take another nine years to document the remaining 220.