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