Three beautiful things?

Inspired, as I always am, by Clare, I thought I would try and find three beautiful things to say today, in the face of such tragedy, in the face of the fact that the baby I mentioned turned out to be the child of the cousin of a friend, and her mother, who had tried and tried for a child, saved her daughter by handing her out of the window of the car seconds before she herself was crushed and killed by the rampaging bulldozer driver.

Hard to find 3BTs. OK:

1. The way the whole country mourns the loss of every life, they are never nameless and faceless but the news is filled with pictures and with their stories and the sparks they left us.
2. The power of tears to release emotions
3. My writing group, who met last night, albeit in reduced numbers, which is such a wonderful source of support and inspiration

Three Beautiful Things: May 5th

Inspired by Clare Grant's 3BT blog, which has demonstrated what a wonderful thing it is to notice and record three things each day which are beautiful to you, here are mine for today:

1. Freshly made hummous

2. Setting myself a writing schedule and sticking to it (for one day so far)

3. Sitting in the car as it goes through one of those fabulous car washes that always makes me think of a certain scene from Ally McBeal! (See the scene here. Over 18s only.)