On a Gloomy Monday....

....we have been all about catch-up, laundry, dishes, lesson plans for tomorrow, playing a little of this and that. Today has been about practical everyday things, sprinkled with some simple pleasurss. Pleasures like having a hot cup of chai this morning with a beloved friend. And picking my little guy up from preschool and sharing lunch at Panera with him. I must say.....I had the handsomest lunch date in the place, don't you agree? He enjoyed a bread bowl with onion soup, while I opted for the vegetarian harvest queso soup and a half-chicken sandwich. And one of the best parts..........lunch was a gift of gratitude. A thank-you. So, thanks, Pastor Chad, for this entirely unnecessary but nonetheless appreciated surprise.......Hayden and I enjoyed our little lunch date, as you can see: