Grace in Small Things: Part 9 of 365

1. Baking all afternoon

2. Celebrating Rick's accomplishment

3. Sofia and Mike's birthday party

4. Watching my sweetie socialize away

5. Validation

Grace in Small Things: Part 8 of 365

1. Waking up next to him

2. Lots of sex

3. Date night with my sister

4. Spaghetti with mizithra cheese

5. Indulging in a Twirl

Grace in Small Things: Part 7 of 365

1. Cheese plates

2. Laughing hysterically with my sweetie

3. I love you, man

4. Picking up my sister

5. Not running

Grace in Small Things: Part 6 of 365

1. True Blood!

2. Snuggling with the girls

3. Responding to Scott in a new and better way

4. First day of training at my internship

5. New friendships

Grace in Small Things: Part 5 of 365

1. Giving Christine a cake and a gorgeous token

2. Coming home to find a gorgeous homemade card hanging from the middle of my living room

3. Celebrating four months with my wonderful boyfriend

4. An ass-kicking therapy session

5. Being willing to go to any lengths

Grace in Small Things: Part 4 of 365

1. Being open, direct and honest no matter how much fear I have

2. Having the loving support of my best friend and my mister who help me through difficult situations

3. Scott's hilarious email

4. Not getting a ticket even though my meter ran out over an hour before I got back to my car

5. A long moment where Sam was being a sweetie

Grace in Small Things: Part 3 of 365

1. An amazing acupuncture session

2. Bringing my best sober friend a gorgeous bouquet of flowers for 13 years of sobriety

3. Snuggling a sweet baby

4. Feeling loved unconditionally

5. Falling asleep with my mister next to me

Grace in Small Things: Part 2 of 365

1. Baking a delicious cake that everyone loved

2. Laughing at my own ridiculousness with Andy

3. Writing my mister a note when I couldn't think of a way to express my thoughts verbally then running in and dropping it off as he washed dishes

4. Going to see Spenser's play

5. Being snuggled up

Grace in Small Things: Part 1 of 365

1. Strolling around the Farmer's Market with my mister sampling delicious treats

2. Heirloom tomatoes sprinkled with sea salt and pepper

3. Thai food and a movie with my best sober girlfriends

4. Coming home to my mister's house before him and washing dishes like we live together

5. Google Voice transcripts

Starting Over

I fell in love and got distracted. I can think of no better distraction than falling head over heels for a man that I adore and who adores me. I loved this project and am beginning again.

Right now.

Grace in Small Things: Part 157 of 365

1. Baby butter lettuce, nectarine, heirloom tomato, avocado, pine nuts with Champagne dressing

2. Rolling around laughing hysterically with my sweetie

3. The look on his face when I came out of the bedroom

4. Scott washing dishes in my kitchen

5. Sam growing up which means less biting sooner

Grace in Small Things: Part 157 of 365

1. The best meeting I've been to in a long time

2. Feeling to connected to people just like me

3. Laughing at myself

4. Carin's great lead

5. Hearing Scott talk about feeling like he belonged

Grace in Small Things: Part 156 of 365

1. Fresh tomato and mozzarella salad

2. Pancakes with Bella

3. A good meeting with lots of token takers

4. Bright sunshine streaming through the windows

5. Quiet

Grace in Small Things: Part 155 of 365

1. My sister's graduation!

2. Him meeting my parents for the first time and being loved

3. Holding hands in the sun

4. Reading to Bella

5. Sharing my bed with a 5 year old bed hog

Grace in Small Things: Part 154 of 365

1. Celebrating two months with the man I love

2. With love letters

3. And amazing stuffed portobello mushrooms made by the man who says he can't cook

4. Laughing our asses off with full spunk

5. Knowing that this is only the beginning

Grace in Small Things: Part 153 of 365

1. A promotion

2. A 15% raise

3. Date night

4. Pizza and salad

5. Nancy

Grace in Small Things: Part 152 of 365

1. Having the girls race to the front door when I arrive

2. Laughing hysterically in the drug store with Christine

3. Having a place to go where someone will hold me when I feel like I am losing my mind

4. Letting go of expectations and allowing things to unfold as they are

5. Being truly connected to another human being

Grace in Small Things: Part 151 of 365

1. Going to see a documentary together

2. Lemon asparagus pasta!

3. Waking up to coffee

4. Sam sticking his tongue in my mouth

5. Having an incredibly patient boyfriend

Grace in Small Things: Part 150 of 365

1. My sponsee poking me to share rather than vice versa

2. The meeting that I was dreading ended up being the best part of my work day

3. Weeds is back!

4. The fact that he went to a meeting

5. Getting the commitment that I wanted and finding out that everyone voted for me!

Grace in Small Things: Part 149 of 365

1. Knowing that a meeting is the cure for my emotional hangover

2. Curled up with Sam reading

3. Sushi for lunch

4. Buying a stack of cards

5. Not breaking up in the park

Grace in Small Things: Part 148 of 365

1. Carrot cake pancakes for brunch with friends

2. Waking up together

3. Afternoon delight

4. Burlesque dancers that have real bodies

5. Not holding in my feelings no matter how ugly they seem

Grace in Small Things: Part 147 of 365

1. Scott's beautiful cheese plate

2. Getting a membership at the local Mom and Pop video store

3. Garlic stuffed olives

4. Curled up in our cozies watching movies

5. Asparagus

Grace in Small Things: Part 146 of 365

1. The memorial service for Dr. George Tiller

2. www.makeadifferencefund.org

3. People gathered for good singing Amazing Grace

4. Sharing the experience with my sister

5. Matt Stephen's words

Grace in Small Things: Part 145 of 365

1. Being willing to share all of me - every single part

2. My brother sent me this scene today from our favorite movie as kids and I still loved it.

3. Trusting the process and my sponsor

4. The chocolate cake being as good as I hoped it was

5. Knowing that I am loved beyond measure

Grace in Small Things: Part 144 of 365

1. MY SISTER IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE and she is the most gorgeous announcements ever.

2. My boyfriend set up my coffee maker for the morning before he left even though I could do it myself. And I let him.

3. Old Yeller

4. Sam Jones giving Gigantaur the business!

5. Lovely date night even though it was a rough start

Grace in Small Things: Part 143 of 365

1. Coming home to Sam Jones waiting for me at the door

2. Turning over a new leaf

3. Sky rockets in flight

4. Taking cozies to the streets!

5. Being exactly who I am and knowing that's good enough

Grace in Small Things: Part 142 of 365

1. Making it back to my usual Sunday haunt

2. Unexpectedly getting to honor someone

3. Asking for help and getting it

4. Mutual admiration

5. Scott taking care of me

Grace in Small Things: Part 141 of 365

1. Canoodling

2. The fact that the man I love makes me laugh so fucking hard

3. Silly pictures

4. A perfect date night

5. Cozies!

Grace in Small Things: Part 140 of 365

1. Sticking with Grace in Small Things for 140 days so far

2. Spending the day with Bella and Sofia

3. The fact that Sam is currently sleeping on me all curled up

4. In The Heights

5. My wonderful and amazing boyfriend even when it's hard

Grace in Small Things: Part 139 of 365

1. Snuggling with Scott and Sam

2. Freshly mopped floors

3. Hiking to the quarry

4. Making him laugh

5. The Brothers Bloom

Grace in Small Things: Part 138 of 365

1. Giving Sam his first bath and hearing him purr for the first time

2. Pampering my sweetie

3. Twelve hours of sleep

4. Enjoying my staycation

5. An hour of cardio while bonding with the guy on the elliptical next to me

Grace in Small Things: Part 137 of 365

1. Making brunch while he reads nerdy websites

2. Snuggling until the middle of the afternoon

3. Me: I can't wait for you to meet Sam!
Sofia: I don't want anyone to eat him! I love him!

4. A good meeting

5. Grocery shopping with Christine

Grace in Small Things: Part 136 of 365

1. Dunking each other in the pool

2. Brunch in bed

3. Cuddling while watching Bill Maher like the nerds we are

4. Playing Taboo with Kevin and Jason

5. Driving down the 5 holding hands

Grace in Small Things: Part 135 of 365

1. Roller Coasters

2. Scott sending funny text messages to Philly

3. Descending into hysterical laughter

4. Flying around on the swings even though I was afraid I was going to fall out

5. Cucuzzi Time!

Grace in Small Things: Part 134 of 365

1. The Magic Kingdom

2. Taking a billion pictures of us

3. People watching

4. Space Mountain three times

5. Fancy hotel rooms with cozy king size beds

Grace in Small Things: Part 133 of 365

1. Working late with loud music blaring

2. Cooking for our trip

3. Scott making our fruit salad

4. Sleeping with Sam

5. An appointment with one of my favorite client's mom

Grace in Small Things: Part 132 of 365

1. Watching the American Idol finale with my sister and my boyfriend

2. Finishing his mix cd

3. Leading a meeting

4. Dinner with Rick

5. A good day at work

Grace in Small Things: Part 131 of 365

1. Pei Wei with Katherine

2. Making Scott's cd cover

3. Helping people get their needs met

4. Telling my brother exactly how I feel

5. My upcoming vacation

Grace in Small Things: Part 130 of 365

1. Being able to go back to my meeting

2. Booty call!

3. An unexpected visit with Sofia

4. Calling on my favorite people to share

5. Feeling connected even when we're not together

Grace in Small Things: Part 129 of 365

1. A long hike on a gorgeous day

2. Coming home to Sam Jones waiting at the door for me

3. Hilarious phone calls

4. Cuddling Bella while drinking my coffee

5. Him loving me - and me loving him right back

Grace in Small Things: Part 129 of 365

1. Sam Jones Kitten Extraordinaire!

2. Easter egg hunts with Bella and Sofia

3. Naps cuddled up on sunny afternoons

4. Amazing sex

5. Having a partner to do things with

Grace in Small Things: Part 128 of 365

1. It is written. Still as wonderful for the third time.

2. Walking out of the bathroom and seeing that look on his face

3. First sleepover

4. Not running

5. Falling asleep in his arms

Grace in Small Things: Part 127 of 365

1. Morning after emails

2. Date night

3. 007

4. Philly knowing just how to make me feel better

5. Jim and Pam are having a baby!

Grace in Small Things: Part 126 of 365

1. Crying in his arms

2. Being willing to be vulnerable

3. Jason asking me challenging questions

4. Dinner with my wonderful man and my good friends

5. Text messages that remind me that everything is going to be okay

Grace in Small Things: Part 125 of 365

1. Cooking lessons

2. Clothes off in five minutes

3. Holding hands watching Mr. Laswell

4. "Break his heart and I will kill you"

5. Getting to be someone's hero at work

Grace in Small Things: Part 124 of 365

1. Finishing my first year of graduate school

2. Surrendering to the exhaustion

3. Talking to him just before I fall asleep

4. My school friends

5. The possibility of something really wonderful happening

Grace in Small Things: Part 123 of 365

1. An incredibly patient man

2. Playing Sequence with friends

3. Kris laughing so hard at his own joke that he cried

4. Buying him a present for no particularly reason

5. Planning a future

Grace in Small Things: Part 122 of 365

1. That amazing man bringing me coffee in bed

2. Taking a nap curled up in his arms

3. Watching him read the book I gave him on my couch

4. Telling my girlfriends all about him

5. Going forward in spite of fear

Grace in Small Things: Part 121 of 365

1. My productive visit with the hot and very kind allergy doctor

2. A good work out that reminded me how much I love working out

3. Being a part of a community

4. Pulling off a perfect surprise date that Scott loved!

5. My wonderful boyfriend bringing me flowers just because

Grace in Small Things: Part 120 of 365

1. Date night

2. Philly singing and dancing (though I wonder why it is almost always in the kitchen?!)

3. The guy on the bike who gave me a smile and thumbs-up while I was jogging down the street

4. Being told: "You are in my head in a way that no woman has been for a long time."

5. Rewinding Andy Bernard to watch him again and again

Grace in Small Things: Part 119 of 365

1. Waking up with his smell on my skin

2. Discovering new music

3. Relief from the hives

4. Planning a fun date for Friday

5. Exchanging texts with Mum

Grace in Small Things: Part 118 of 365

1. Taking the day off work to take care of myself

2. Long oatmeal baths while talking to my twin friend

3. Catching up with Dawn

4. A perfect evening with Scott

5. My hot man in a tie

Grace in Small Things: Part 119 of 365

1. Sweet emails

2. Pep talk from Jason

3. Last conversation of the day being with Scott

4. Getting a 98 on my final

5. Knowing that it's okay to ask for help

Grace in Small Things: Part 118 of 365

1. The perfect night with Scott

2. Really honest communication

3. That moment in the dining room

4. My really fucking good salad

5. Kissing

Grace in Small Things: Part 117 of 365

1. Taking the entire day off

2. Canceling plans to take care of myself and having Scott understand

3. A really good meeting which reminded me of how grateful I am to be an alcoholic

4. Snuggling with Sofia

5. A cross country counseling session with my twin friend

Grace in Small Things: Part 116 of 365

1. Date night

2. A day so busy that time flies by

3. Great television writing

4. Oreo and more oreos

5. Brief relief from the hives

Grace in Small Things: Part 116 of 365

1. Connor hugging me to say "I love you, Lisa" for the first time

2. Being invited a family dinner

3. Lunch time coffee with Jason

4. Sweet emails from Scott

5. Being understood

Grace in Small Things: Part 115 of 365

1. He took notes for my foot rub!

2. Aforementioned foot rub

3. Walking down the street holding hands

4. Being adored despite being covered in hives

5. Allowing someone to adore me

Grace in Small Things: Part 114 of 365

1. Only three weeks left of the semester!

2. Finally giving a voice to feelings long felt

3. My twin friend lovingly but in no uncertain terms telling me exactly what I needed to hear

4. Sobbing all day long with no shame

5. Accepting the hard truth

Grace in Small Things: Part 113 of 365

1. The return of my sex drive

2. Checking off items on the To Do list

3. A refrigerator full of fresh fruits and vegetables

4. Making a great mix cd

5. Sara Watkin's solo album

Grace in Small Things: Part 112 of 365

1. A picnic lunch in the park

2. The look on his face when he saw me walking towards him

3. That stoned kid laying in the parking lot

4. Glen Phillips in a yoga studio

5. Doughnuts in the middle of the night with Philly

Grace in Small Things: Part 111 of 365

1. Getting this in an email: "oh, how you taunt me! naked and in front of a computer... *drool*"

2. "Good luck with cockjab."

3. A wonderful dinner with the man and the best friend

4. A new episode of Grey's Anatomy

5. Jon Stewart

Grace in Small Things: Part 110 of 365

1. Going to bed at 9:30 p.m.

2. Spending the evening with Bella and Sofia

3. Giving up the smear campaign

4. Meditating in the shower

5. This tweet: @AinsleyofAttack The clerk at CVS didn't find it funny when I asked what aisle the paper towels were located with the declaration, "I'm a Bounty hunter!"

Grace in Small Things: Part 109 of 365

1. Adam Lambert

2. An unexpected lunch with Kevin

3. Finding out who someone really is before even meeting them

4. Being treated like a queen

5. The fact that he read the dressing ingredients

Grace in Small Things: Part 108 of 365

1. An adorable map from that sweetie Scott

2. Air conditioning

3. Dinner with Jenn

4. Being checked in with

5. Taking it to the streets!

Grace in Small Things: Part 107 of 365

1. Seeing "I love you, man" with Philly first thing in the morning

2. Good communication with Scott

3. Catching up with Carin

4. Going to bed early

5. Making good progress on my paper

Grace in Small Things: Part 106 of 365

1. An afternoon nap under the fan

2. Speaking my mind

3. Good Italian food

4. Holding hands in the movie

5. Asking for space

Grace in Small Things: Part 105 of 365

1. Date night

2. Waking up to a sweet email

3. Being sure of someone

4. Receiving this text message at the end of horrible day: "At the risk of sounding like the intro to a porno, the front door is unlocked."

5. My officemate Joycey giggling up a storm

Grace in Small Things: Part 104 of 365

1. A lovely second date

2. With a handsome man

3. Who brought me flowers

4. Which were purple which is my favorite color

5. Planning a third date for Friday

Grace in Small Things: Part 103 of 365

1. "You're feeling me out with your extra sensory perception?"

2. Thai lunch with Tim

3. Seeing Jenny Lewis with Philly despite the hipsters with their PBR

4. Trusting the process for my brother even though he can't right now

5. McSweeney's

Grace in Small Things: Part 102 of 365

1. Giving Dawn a token for 21 years of sobriety

2. Getting a sweet voice mail from yesterday's date

3. Seth making me coffee

4. Entertaining my professor and classmates

5. Text messages from my brother

Grace in Small Things: Part 101 of 365

1. Two dates in one day

2. One of those dates ending in some fantastic kissing and an invitation for a second date

3. Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80s

4. Lunch with Kris

5. Text messages that make me burst out laughing

Grace in Small Things: Part 100 of 365

1. Clean sheets

2. Being called on my bullshit and being willing to hear it

3. Researching for my paper

4. Being asked out on three dates for the same day

5. Pat and Oscar's breadsticks

Grace in Small Things: Part 99 of 365

1. Sleeping in until 11 a.m.

2. Washing dishes

3. Getting two pictures beautifully framed

4. Giving Tran another new customer

5. An unexpected afternoon with Philly

Grace in Small Things: Part 98 of 365

1. Parks and Recreation

2. Not worrying my pretty little head

3. Continuing to get compliments on my haircut

4. Date night

5. Making that man laugh

Grace in Small Things: Part 97 of 365

1. Having a job that I love

2. Working for a boss that I adore

3. With clients I enjoy

4. Running into old friends

5. Listening to Dar Williams sing my favorite song live

Grace in Small Things: Part 96 of 365

1. Being brave enough to make changes

2. Trusting the process

3. Getting the perfect haircut

4. Living in San Diego

5. Tim being back from vacation

Grace in Small Things: Part 95 of 365

1. Having my own personal mechanic/statistics tutor/boss/friend be one person

2. Breaking down the wall little by little

3. Graduate school!

4. Making my professor laugh in front of the class

5. The guy in the student store chuckling at me and my friends as we discussed potential dinner choices

Grace in Small Things: Part 94 of 365

1. A good morning meeting filled with good recovery

2. Sleeping in

3. Snuggling sweet little girls

4. Going to bed at 9 p.m.

5. Spending the afternoon with family

Grace in Small Things: Part 93 of 365

1. A lovely 5 mile walk in the sun with Andy

2. Being given the exact right words to talk to my brother about recovery

3. Hours of chatting with a good man

4. The hodgepodge dinner

5. The series finale of ER

Grace in Small Things: Part 92 of 365

1. An impromptu lunch with Andy

2. "I dont think that drunk texting should be excluded from any agreement or covenant."

3. Hanging out with Christine and the girls

4. Being the person that people call in crisis

5. Making mix cds

Grace in Small Things: Part 91 of 365

1. Date night two nights in a row

2. Fresh vanilla whipped cream

3. Being appreciated

4. The fact that he let me know that he wasn't going to be able to text back. Effective communication is a total turn-on.

5. Constructing an absurd and hilarious email response to a hideous personal ad email

Grace in Small Things: Part 90 of 365

1. The talented and charming Lily Allen

2. "Are your numbers too bootylicious for me, baby?"

3. Not being the drunk woman who could barely stand up in front of me and Philly at the show tonight

4. Listening to Mum and Roomie talk about Heather's reading

5. Cooking fancy quiches

Grace in Small Things: Part 89 of 365

1. Holding a sweet baby

2. Hilarious voice mails

3. Kindness from a stranger

4. Finishing my best month ever at work

5. Chatting with a handsome man

Grace in Small Things: Part 88 of 365

1. Dinner with my sister and mum

2. Giving up the silent treatment

3. My Monday night meeting and all those lovely crazy alcoholic women

4. Making Joycey giggle

5. Being told by two different people that I am impress them

Grace in Small Things: Part 87 of 365

1. Quesadillas with homemade guacamole

2. Sparkling water with lime and a straw

3. Being woken up by the twin friend with good news

4. Running errands with friends

5. Knowing when to keep my mouth shut

Grace in Small Things: Part 86 of 365

1. The would you rather sleep with game taken to a whole new level

2. Connecting with new friends

3. Having Christine on my side

4. Having a conversation in the pool where it was made abundantly clear that I am exactly where I should be

5. A nurturing massage

Grace in Small Things: Part 85 of 365

1. Dangerous Beauty

2. A Thai food feast with friends

3. Finding the perfect birthday present for Dawn Z.

4. Sofia saying "Lisa, you're fun to have around!"

5. Bella saying "Wow. We love each other AND we both love peanut butter!"

Grace in Small Things: Part 84 of 365

1. Hot Kris Allen's smile

2. My client saying, "Lisa, It was an honor to see you here today."

3. Jeremy's drawing of the Santee office

4. Thai lunch with Tim

5. Grey's Anatomy

Grace in Small Things: Part 83 of 365

1. Getting the gift of an Obama comic book from an unlikely source

2. Going to bed at 9:30 and reading for hours

3. Having an iPod hook up in my new car

4. Sitting in a room filled with women all working for an end to sexual violence

5. Deleting Mike's number from my phone

Grace in Small Things: Part 82 of 365

1. Solo date night with Kevin

2. Peanut Butter frozen yogurt

3. The fact that my car being broken into rather than stolen

4. The real and genuine laughter

5. Voicemails so long that they get cut off

Grace in Small Things: Part 81 of 365

1. A great day at work and school after three days of isolation

2. That smile!

3. My hilarious and endearing yet obnoxious professor

4. Christine asking my opinion

5. Coming home to the book I have been waiting for on my doorstep!

Grace in Small Things: Part 80 of 365

1. Hearing Connor yell "LISA" when I knocked on the front door

2. Being told by a newcomer that she felt inspired by me

3. Looking forward to going back to work

4. Blackberries and strawberries for dinner

5. Honest conversations in parking lots

Grace in Small Things: Part 79 of 365

1. C.J. Cregg

2. Sam Seaborn

3. Leo McGarry

4. Toby Zeigler

5. Josh Lyman

Grace in Small Things: Part 78 of 365

1. Possibility

2. Fresh, crisp, brand new white sheets and pillows

3. The ability to use white sheets

4. Wandering Costco with Andy

5. Popcorn for breakfast

Grace in Small Things: Part 77 of 365

1. Text messages filled with love and support

2. A successful surgery done by competent and kind physicians

3. Eating after 15 hours of fasting

4. Date night

5. The best Mum in the world

Grace in Small Things: Part 76 of 365

1. Allowing myself to be uncomfortably vulnerable in the company of someone I trust

2. My doctor drawing me a diagram of my surgery on a paper towel

3. Trusting the process

4. Contrary action

5. Reaching out

Grace in Small Things: Part 75 of 365

1. Excellent customer service

2. That smile on that face of his

3. Tim and Jeremy making me laugh despite the fact that I felt like shit today

4. Oprah magazine

5. Knowing that I get to sleep in for the next two days

Grace in Small Things: Part 74 of 365

1. Running into the aforementioned blind date guy on campus

2. Finally connecting with Philly after days

3. Good things happening to good people

4. Having a plan to stop the bleeding

5. Thoughtful comments from my professor on my paper

Grace in Small Things: Part 73 of 365

1. Snuggling with Bella

2. Reading to Sofia

3. Giving those adorable girls a bath while they made up a song about cleaning the bathtub... "We clean the bathtub and the bathtub cleans us!"

4. Christine bringing me back a fabulous Obama shirt from Hawaii

5. Not losing my patience during dinner

Grace in Small Things: Part 72 of 365

1. A perfectly wonderful blind date with a tall, handsome man

2. Acing my Research Methods quiz

3. Finishing my homework a week in advance

4. The kindness of a fellow swimmer lending me her extra cap

5. Sweet text messages

Grace in Small Things: Part 71 of 365

1. Receiving a wall post that said, "Hi Lisa! OMG - I hardly recognized you in your photo. Did you lose a lot of weight? You look terrific!"

2. I don't believe in the resurrection of Christ but I do believe that Cadbury Mini Eggs are the best part of Easter.

3. Putting on my sweats and spending Friday night cozy on the couch

4. DMV fees turning out to be half of what I expected

5. Eminem at 6 a.m.

Grace in Small Things: Part 70 of 365

1. Going to bed at 10 o'clock

2. A marathon of The United States of Tara

3. Chocolate Peanut Butter Skinny Cows

4. Knowing just how far I can push

5. Feeling connected across the country

Grace in Small Things: Part 69 of 365

1. A pound of steamed asparagus for dinner

2. A day without a tampon

3. Being winked at

4. Finally connecting after an extended game of phone tag

5. Frozen Yogurt

Grace in Small Things: Part 68 of 365

1. Gorgeous March days

2. Hot men in great shoes

3. Donating to charity when I feel like a charity myself

4. Wheat Thins

5. Vulnerability

Grace in Small Things: Part 67 of 365

1. The medication ghost in my drawer

2. Insisting on being heard

3. Drawing a line in the sand

4. Expressing myself honestly

5. Genuine laughter

Grace in Small Things: Part 66 of 365

1. It is written.

2. Dr. John Carter

3. Caprese

4. My feeler ways

5. This cover of a song from my youth

Grace in Small Things: Part 65 of 365

1. A wonderful pedicure from Van

2. Dinner and a movie with Kevin and Jason

3. A pep talk from Christine

4. Starting my morning off being greeted by sweet Joseph

5. A Saturday conversation with Lisa

Grace in Small Things: Part 64 of 365

1. An unexpected visit from my sister which was exactly what I needed

2. Going to a meeting with a friend when I really wanted to go home and lay on the couch and having it be the exact right decision

3. Seeing familiar faces and getting good hugs at a new meeting

4. Personal relationships with service providers

5. Chocolate covered peanut butter pretzels

Grace in Small Things: Part 63 of 365

1. Stuffed French Toast

2. Date Night

3. Hootie Hoo!

4. Long Hugs

5. Laughing at American Idol

Grace in Small Things: Part 62 of 365

1. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on The Daily Show

2. BLTs and asparagus for dinner

3. A long meeting with a hilarious client at the end of my day

4. Tim surprising me with a favor

5. A responsive and kind physician

Grace in Small Things: Part 61 of 365

1. Butterscotch chips

2. Bold fashion moves

3. Going to bed early

4. Talking out tough choices with someone who gets it

5. Being silent

Grace in Small Things: Part 60 of 365

1. A woman stopping me on campus to say, "I saw you upstairs and thought you have a great haircut!"

2. Email

3. Dead phone batteries

4. Driving my new car

5. The way he touched me

Grace in Small Things: Part 59 of 365

1. Secret Service Agent Beetie from Scotland

2. Waffle Sundays

3. My twin friend making me coffee before I even woke up

4. A complete lack of judgment

5. Planning another trip

Grace in Small Things: Part 58 of 365

1. Sleeping like a baby in Lisa's house

2. Waking up to my twin friend

3. Entertaining Chris

4. Spike's Restaurant and it's mushroom burger

5. Tropicana Express and a cheese plate

Grace in Small Things: Part 57 of 365

1. An incredible hot and kind TSA agent

2. Unending in-flight service

3. The homeless man in DC who told me "You look like Mona Lisa or Miss America!"

4. That moment where I saw my twin friend approaching

5. Being understood without saying a word

Grace in Small Things: Part 56 of 365

1. A text message that read: I think I love the hot Indians as much as the hefty redhead.

2. Less than 24 hours until I get to hug my twin friend

3. Date night

4. A great hair cut and color

5. Accutane

Grace in Small Things: Part 55 of 365

1. Not hearing from him

2. Toaster waffles

3. My new car

4. "Oh, but they don't know you!"

5. The Real Housewives reunion show

Grace in Small Things: Part 54 of 365

1. Vulnerability in others, especially those who don't often show it

2. Working late in a silent office

3. Being someone's person

4. Barry's address

5. Getting to the end of my rope

Grace in Small Things: Part 53 of 365

1. A spoonful of peanut butter

2. The patience to teach Joyce how to use a new computer program without getting frustrated at all

3. Funny professors

4. Being ahead in school

5. My twin friend's birthday

Grace in Small Things: Part 52 of 365

1. Sean Penn's Academy Award acceptance speech

2. Sofia asking me, "Miss Lisa, did you bemember us since you haven't seen us in two weeks?"

3. Being just about done with a paper that isn't due for over a week

4. A long lunch with Kris

5. Being productive all day long

Grace in Small Things: Part 51 of 365

1. Finding the exact car that I wanted for less than I was planning to spend

2. Text messages that make me laugh out loud

3. An impromptu dinner with Andy at El Zarape

4. Being halfway done with a paper that isn't due for 10 days

5. Less than a week until my twin friend reunion

Grace in Small Things: Part 50 of 365

1. Standing my ground and not losing my cool at the car dealership

2. The very hot and very sweet server hitting on me at CPK

3. Feeling connected to Kevin

4. A text message that said: "So sweet Lisa. Always full of praise for others, except when they suck. I admire that."

5. Having the opportunity to support someone through something heinous

Grace in Small Things: Part 49 of 365

1. An episode of Grey's so good that it made my heart pound

2. Rediscovering Patty Griffin's Living with Ghosts

3. Being diagnosed correctly for once in my life

4. Negotiating for my new car

5. Twitter

Grace in Small Things: Part 48 of 365

1. American Idol

2. A great meeting with my sponsor

3. Relief from the wretched sinus pressure

4. That look he gave me

5. Coffee with Jason

Grace in Small Things: Part 47 of 365

1. Late afternoon naps

2. Free coffee

3. Good self care by coming home from work early

4. The relief that comes just after sneezing

5. Doing something that annoys me because it helps someone else

Grace in Small Things: Part 46 of 365

1. Compassion from an unlikely source

2. A phone call from Sofia

3. Finally getting some answers following the accident debacle

4. Offers to let me move in and to buy me a new car from people who love me

5. The Millionaire Matchmaker

Grace in Small Things: Part 45 of 365

1. Playing the who would you rather sleep with game for hours on the plane

2. A free ride to the airport

3. Coming home to a clean house

4. The role reversal of Philly picking me up from the airport

5. Living in San Diego

Grace in Small Things: Part 44 of 365

1. Carin running on the treadmill in the hotel gym in her bra and underwear

2. Speaking without words across the dinner table

3. Good pizza at Zeek's in Seattle

4. Laughing until my stomach hurts all day long

5. Hearing the solution in a weekend of madness

Grace in Small Things: Part 43 of 365

1. Waking up in one state and going to sleep in another

2. Being hit on by a very hot and very tall 21 year old man

3. Doubled over laughing until I cry in the middle of a Seattle street

4. Being in a room with 150 recovering addicts

5. Missing someone and doing nothing about it

Grace in Small Things: Part 43 of 365

1. Clearing the air

2. Grey's/Private Practice Crossover Event!

3. Coming home to find a valentine on my front door

4. The excitement that comes before a trip away for the weekend

5. Being told that not only will I be a mother but will be a good one by someone I trust

Grace in Small Things: Part 42 of 365

1. Being understood

2. My sweet and funny dentist

3. Bon Iver's re:stacks

4. Letting myself cry

5. Unexpected hanging out

Grace in Small Things: Part 41 of 365

1. Breaking up while snuggling in my bed

2. Water

3. My heated mattress pad

4. Fast rental cars

5. Compassion

Grace in Small Things: Part 40 of 365

1. Being in graduate school and loving it

2. Surrender

3. Toast made from homemade bread

4. Standing up for myself

5. The fact that he always knows exactly what to say and do

Grace in Small Things: Part 39 of 365

1. Having my barista boyfriend make and give me a scone just because

2. Laying in bed all day reading a book for pleasure

3. Being snuggled and tickled by a very handsome man

4. Having a tribe of people who want to help me

5. Being able to walk

Grace in Small Things: Part 38 of 365

1. Walking away from a terrifying car accident without a scratch

2. Having insurance and money to pay the deductible to pay for the repairs

3. Feeling loved from 500 miles away

4. Being told: "I am so glad you are alive and sitting here next to me."

5. Making a new friend

Grace in Small Things: Part 37 of 365

1. A three hour dinner with an old friend

2. Clarity from someone who remembers better than I do

3. Having patience

4. Mutual apologies

5. Bad TV

Grace in Small Things: Part 36 of 365

1. Rain

2. Being almost totally caught up at work

3. Sweet text messages that make me smile

4. Lunch with a friend

5. Thursday date night

Grace in Small Things: Part 35 of 365

1. Trying a new meeting so good that I felt compelled to write things people said down on scraps of paper in my purse

2. Realizing that I want what I have even if it looks different than what I imagined

3. Working my ass off all day at work

4. This sentence: "My pulse is forever closer to the surface of my neck because of you, because of my responsibility toward you, and I can't thank you enough for the dimension that this has added to what it means to be alive."

5. Running into someone I hadn't seen in two years and having her gush telling me how great I look

Grace in Small Things: Part 34 of 365

1. Triple Chocolate Orgasm Cake

2. The boy in my bed holding me close

3. Mutual confession of fears

4. Trusting the process

5. An immaculate house

Grace in Small Things: Part 33 of 365

1. Baking a birthday cake for someone I just adore

2. Making marinara sauce from scratch for a different someone that I just adore

3. Cleaning up my surroundings which cleans up my insides

4. Letting myself off the hook

5. Ties on hot men

Grace in Small Things: Part 32 of 365

1. An hour long episode of The Office

2. New shoes

3. Washing dishes

4. Planning to cook dinner for the first time for the boy

5. Laughing until red faced and teary eyed

Grace in Small Things: Part 31 of 365

1. The music and charm of honeyhoney

2. Salted Cashews

3. A naked man bringing me breakfast in bed

4. Being brave without even thinking about it

5. Not making a list

Grace in Small Things: Part 30 of 365

1. Merry-go-round rides with sweet little girls

2. The Kilauea Veggie Burger at Islands

3. The anticipation before a date with someone I really like

4. Laughing hysterically naked in bed with a handsome man

5. New music

Grace in Small Things: Part 29 of 365

1. The TLC Special: I Didn't Know That I Was Pregnant

2. Bronx Pizza

3. Talking with Bella and Sofia on the phone

4. Being in the company of my sister

5. Finding peace in silence

Grace in Small Things: Part 28 of 365

1. Starting off my day at the gym

2. Funny text messages

3. An evening with no plans

4. Blueberry green tea

5. American Idol

Grace in Small Things: Part 27 of 365

1. Setting a very clear boundary with my mother and letting go of how she received it

2. Cooking a healthy dinner for myself

3. Being the sane one in the relationship

4. Making connections with a client after trying for a year

5. Feeling a part of

Grace in Small Things: Part 26 of 365

1. Having someone I admire disclose their own anxiety

2. Big hugs from all my school friends on the first day of class

3. The ability to go to graduate school

4. A magazine with Barry on the cover in my mailbox at the end of a long day

5. Getting warm and cozy in sweats and a heated mattress pad

Grace in Small Things: Part 25 of 365

1. Letting myself cry

2. Solid love and advice from my Mum

3. Gorgeous strawberries and blackberries

4. Running errands with a good friend sharing the crazy

5. Getting $400 worth of textbooks for $165

Grace in Small Things: Part 24 of 365

1. This video

2. Waking up in bed with someone I am quite fond of

3. Having Christine take my pulse

4. Recovering on the couch watching tv

5. Letting myself off the hook

Grace in Small Things: Part 23 of 365

1. Curled up in someone else's body, limbs intertwined

2. Foot massages

3. Walking through fear

4. Finally having answers after nineteen years

5. Holding hands inside his pocket

Grace in Small Things: Part 22 of 365

1. An episode of Grey's so good it made me cry

2. Voice mails that make me laugh out loud

3. Working alone in the office with Missy Higgins blaring

4. Date night with Philly

5. Planning my DC trip

Grace in Small Things: Part 21 of 365

1. Breathing through anxiety

2. Laughing really hard with a good friend on my couch

3. Funny e-mails that distract me from hard stuff even just for a few minutes

4. Meeting with great families

5. My boss using Barry to cheer me up

Grace in Small Things: Part 20 of 365

1. Congratulations, Mr. President

2. Crying tears of joy

3. Having the teenager I almost hit with my car graciously tell me more than once that it's okay.

4. Reading the exact right thing in my morning meditation. There are no accidents.

5. Faith beyond measure

Grace in Small Things: Part 19 of 365

1. Tim calling me at exactly the right moment today

2. Being greeted with a huge smile and called sweet names as I walked into the coffee shop

3. Cashews

4. Having someone get me

5. Telling my truth

Grace in Small Things: Part 18 of 365

1. This song

2. Feelings - even the hard ones

3. My brother grilling me about the man that I am dating

4. Not smoking even though I really wanted to

5. Two days until my boyfriend becomes POTUS

Grace in Small Things: Part 17 of 365

1. Waking up with his hand on the small of my back

2. Staying in bed until three in the afternoon

3. Discovering new music

4. An unexpected phone call from a friend

5. Watching trashy tv with a best friend on a Saturday night

Grace in Small Things: Part 16 of 365

1. Taking care of myself by resting

2. Meandering around Target

3. Baking cookies

4. Sleepovers

5. Santa ana winds

Grace in Small Things: Part 15 of 365

1. Good medical care from caring doctors and nurses

2. PB&J for dinner

3. Going to bed at 8 p.m.

4. Sweet text messages

5. Laughing out loud at old episodes of Friends

Grace in Small Things: Part 14 of 365

1. Sore and swollen lips from making out until two in the morning

2. Literally crying on the shoulder of my best friend in a parking lot

3. Having a boss who responds to me with love and genuine concern

4. Leftover kung pao tofu and broccoli

5. Nerdy men who take gorgeous pictures

Grace in Small Things: Part 13 of 365

1. Walking into my office at work to find it decorated with balloons and streamers

2. Inside jokes in office birthday cards

3. First dates that end in three hour conversations in a parked car

4. Getting a perfect haircut

5. Possibility

Grace in Small Things: Part 12 of 365

1. Turning 33 with no anxiety

2. Having the sweetest 5 year old ever climb into bed with me in the morning

3. Getting a massage

4. Spending my birthday with two of my closest friends laying in hot water

5. Hearing about someone's bravery

Grace in Small Things: Part 11 of 365

1. The Big Book

2. A sleepover with the best two little girls on the planet

3. Delicious smelling body wash

4. Sunny days in January

5. Early birthday celebrations

Grace in Small Things: Part 10 of 365

1. The West Wing

2. Philly making a choice based on knowing that she deserves more

3. Fancy dinners even when they aren't perfect

4. Knowing how to set boundaries

5. A bruise on my wrist

Grace in Small Things: Part 9 of 365

1. His smell on me after he leaves

2. Closest friends who can and do finish my sentences

3. String cheese

4. Being willing to be vulnerable with the person I am most afraid of letting in

5. Trying new restaurants

Grace in Small Things: Part 8 of 365

1. Philly dancing in my kitchen wearing her hot pink fingerless gloves

2. McDreamy dancing it out in the living room

3. Being brave and asking a stranger to have coffee - he said yes.

4. The Christmas lights on the bridge outside of my house

5. Sleeping in as late as I want with no guilt

Grace in Small Things: Part 7 of 365

1. Laughing so loud in a restaurant that people look concerned

2. Planning a trip with my cross country twin friend

3. Someone I respect asking me for advice

4. Sports movies

5. “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.”
(Fredrick Buechner)

Grace in Small Things: Part 6 of 365

1. Having my mother tell me, "Your Dad is one in a million and I will love him always."

2. Wet hair in a towel turban

3. Being told, "Lisa, I would kill for your calves!"

4. Easy conversations with good friends

5. Eating bad chinese food with my sponsor

Grace in Small Things: Part 5 of 365

1. Healthy Choice Fudge Bars

2. Sufjan Stevens' "Jacksonville"

3. Accidentally sitting next to people that I don't like and then not moving

4. Having prayers answered

5. My New Shoes

Grace in Small Things: Part 4 of 365

1. Thai food so hot that it makes my nose run

2. Lazy Sundays reading the Big Book aloud with my favorite sponsee

3. Jim and Pam

4. This passive aggressive note

5. My fifteen pound dictionary

Grace in Small Things: Part 3 of 365

1. Peanut Butter Frosted Brownies

2. Speaking without words with a best friend from across the room

3. "I wanna take you to sex school!"

4. Standing up for myself

5. A stack of new catalogs in the mail

Grace in Small Things: Part 2 of 365

1. Overhearing a 3 year old Sofia tell her mother, "Miss Lisa is gorgeous."

2. VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs

3. Hearing someone share about dealing with immense loss and stay sober through it

4. Blow pops

5. Fresh sheets on a warm bed

Grace in Small Things: Part 1 of 365

1. This card

2. Stuffed French Toast

3. Sunny days that still require a sweater

4. A clean house

5. Knowing that I am the bigger person