thankee

for:

• morning runs
• mr. manly
• good books (Population 485)
• food: falafel, grapefruit, and pita pizzas--to name a few
• General Conference
• beautiful terraced hills growing hundreds of olive trees
• laughs
• one-eyed stares
• family prayer
• sleep
• writing on here again (it's been kinda a long time)
• an April 6 outing to Bethlehem (Christmas for real!)
• anticipation of swimming again
• lizard friends (well, I wish they really were my friends. why do they have to run away as soon as I come near?)
• words, like these from Gary Paulson:
  "I tell young people to read like a wolf eats. Read when they tell you not to read, and read what they tell you not to read. Kill your TV--they're fun to shoot. However you kill it, kill it. Then where you had TV, read. Carry a book with you. Read on the bus. Read under the covers at night. Read any book with you. Just read."