Grace in Small Things, November 1, 2011

This church, Saints Peter and Paul in San Francisco, features prominently in what I was writing today. Isn't it beautiful?

1. Blew off work today (I've been working some on the weekends the past couple weeks, so I felt justified) and wrote essentially all day. Have a headache now, but it was so worth it. I'm writing a lot about San Francisco these days, and today I worked on a piece about the murder I witnessed while I was living there (awful), and the last guy I dated before I moved away (sweet). (The two are intertwined in a weird way.) All this stuff about San Francisco...these are things I've been trying to write for years...feels good to have parts of it at least finally coming together...

2. My mom came over and we went for a walk and had such a nice talk about things that really matter...

3. Texted back-and-forth with a dear friend of mine who didn't know about my blog until today. Hi Stacey! So happy you're my newest reader! :)

4. Windy this afternoon and the golden leaves are fluttering down outside my office window...almost like falling snow...lovely

5. Talked with my biggest client some more about maternity leave...we'd talked in broad strokes before about what I want (3 months off, then working part time, and no more crazy-long work weeks...I'm going to have to be more protective of my time), but today we got more into the nitty-gritty of how it's going to work. Everything is falling nicely into place

In fact, that's how I feel about life in general today...everything's falling into place. It's such a good feeling...

XOXO

Image Credit: The Dana Files.