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:

cruising Christmas lights with Tom;

how sometimes, grief hurts like crazy and sometimes it feels comforting, like love;

the simple joy of sharing a cuppa coffee with a dear soul sister;

the delight of Tom with.a.metal.detector;

that lavender (colored) tool kits and purple vacuum cleaners even exist;

seeing the plans for my ‘new’ kitchen;

my overwhelming gratitude for my ‘now’ home;

the gentle sigh from Bloss, when I pet her, as she sleeps;

receiving a dear remnant from Florence, restored;

trying to figure out where some creature must have died near the ventilation system of my car;

getting to share a birthday lunch with my favorite 40-year-old; and

the lyrics of the songs in Mary Poppins Returns.

What NOWS did you experience or witness this week?