September 7, 2012: The Joy of Giving

3 gifts given:

• the gift of time.  Time to spend with my mom watching two episodes of Downton Abbey.
• the gift of courtesy.  Three different service people who were very friendly and polite.
• the gift of consideration.  Granting someone in line with only a few items permission to go ahead of me and my full grocery cart.

September 6, 2012: Growing Excitement

3 gifts growing:

• my button-bursting pride in my son, who received the keys to his first house today
• the spots of fall color on the trees, becoming more prevalent and pronounced daily
• my excitement as plans are formed for an upcoming girls' shopping weekend

September 5, 2012: Autumn Beauty

3 gifts of autumn:

• white chicken chili for dinner
• the beauty of the trees, leaves becoming tinged with red
• sleeping with windows open as the nights cool down

September 4, 2012: Simple Summer Gifts

a gift cool, warm, sun-soaked:

• the bottle of water I keep in the fridge at work, so refreshing when my office gets warm in the afternoon
• bowls of white chicken chili for dinner tonight, a quick and easy recipe, surprisingly good
• a ripe tomato, diced to top the chili, red through and through

September 2, 2012: Cuts That Bear Fruit

3 gifts cut: 

• scrapbooking paper cut for an album
• cheese cut to accompany a glass of my favorite Moscato
• that which is not fruitful, cut away by the Master Gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. John 15:2

September 1, 2012: The Last Joys of Summer

3 gifts summer:

• sweet corn dripping with butter
• red, ripe  juicy tomatoes
• an abundance and variety of wildflowers when one has eyes open to see

September 3, 2012: Golden Gifts

3 gifts yellow:

• the summer sun on the last day of a long family weekend
• a cold can of Mountain Dew shared with a special niece
• goldenrod blooming abundantly in the woods