The best type of help

When friends come by to wish you well...  When your daughter, all of 8 years old, works by your side (and sometimes bosses you around)... When your husband gives you space and encouragement to pursue a goal, no matter how whimsical... you know you are wealthy in more ways than one.

I sometimes forget to count things -- like money.  But yesterday, as I was counting the change of my first jewelry sale, the intangibles struck me forcibly.  My table was situated next to a friend's.  Another dear friend was selling her pottery nearby.  I was surrounded by beauty.  My family and other friends dropped by to encourage me.  This day was full to overflowing in all the things that mattered... not to mention the amazing people I got to meet and talk to in the course of the day.

So on this lazy Sunday I'm grateful for a lot of things, including the precious kid pictured below, sporting a silly grin.