One Thousand Gifts 1-5

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I am reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp and I decided to do my own 1,000 gifts and hopefully keep up with them here. After reading the book, I've started doing it in my mind and there is power and remembrance in writing them down so here we go:

1. morning walks in the winter
2. frozen dew sparkling in the morning sunlight
3. laying my head on Aaron's chest and listening to his heartbeat
4. two dogs laying by the window
5. wind rustling through the trees

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