shelter

a cup of tea on the porch,

writing a shopping list in the kitchen,

tossing in a load of laundry,

sending a few e-mails,

watering the plants...

and feeling oh, so, so grateful for the simple

roof over our heads.

there are too many who do not have shelter...

in oklahoma and syria and too many

other places.

i sit with a mixture of gratitude
(not wanting to take anything for granted)
and compassion,
(keeping those in distress in my thoughts).