My word for 2018 is focus, which requires paying attention to the moment – the now. So, this year, I’ll be taking note of experiences I may have missed, without focus. Many may seem to be BGO’s (blinding glimpses of the obvious), but hey, I might have missed them.

Here’s this week of NOWS:

the Presence, Hope and Love that is Presiding Bishop Michael Curry;

spotting a cardinal at.the.perfect.moment;

the delight of splash of lavender simple syrup (from Farmacy on Main) in my water;

inconvenient reminders that my body really does have MS in it;

the fun of pondering new designs for when Cheap Therapy can resume business.as.usual;

seeing my former tub, upside-down, in the front yard;

how often Bloss and I are visited by a very regal looking heron;

that is practically impossible to pick-up cypress ‘needles’ with a vacuum cleaner – any vacuum cleaner;

the triumph of opening several Advent Calendar ‘doors’ on the same day and NOT eating all those chocolate treats at one time;

many moments of The Green Book (movie);

the reality of ambiguous loss/grief;

Tom actually eating a steak that wasn’t cooked on his Big Green Egg; and

the PBS series Sacred.

What NOWS did you experience or witness this week?