My WOW list

Michael Hyatt has been blogging about recognizing WOW experiences in our world, and creating them for others. A great concept and one I'm eager to embrace. But first I've given some thought to some of my WOW experiences and in no paticular order here they are:

1. Holding our sons - newborn - in my arms and being amazed!

2. Looking deep into Wendy's eyes and asking her to marry me - and hearing YES.

3. Sitting on the deck of my Grandmother's cottage and watching a thunderstorm sweep across the lake.

4. Seeing a garter snake eat a frog whole and watching it digest the whole thing (Jim and I put these together in the bottom of the boat at age 9).

5. Paddling a canoe on Victoria Lake at midnight and having a beaver swim beside us.

6. Watching Jason and Philip on their wedding days and rejoicing in their choices.

7. Standing on the top of Mount Hector and marvelling at the immensity of God's creation.

8. Swimming in the Carribean and having the colourful fish come to examine me!

9. Standing in Westminster Abbey.

10. Having a picnic under the palm trees of Hawaii right on the ocean's edge.

11. Riding the Maid of the Mist listening to the thunder of Niagara Falls.

12. Working the soil, tending the plants, picking the fresh strawberries.

13. Sitting in a classroom, hearing God's Call on my life for ministry.

14. Celebrating 30 years of marriage - loving, being loved, being immensely satisfied with life.

15. Standing on the edge of Lake of the Woods at 6 a.m. casting a line into the still, clear water!

16. Walking, holding hands - anywhere - with Wendy

17. Racing up Hwy 11 in the backseat of my Nanny's 1955 Cadillac...zoom!

18. Watching with Wendy Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages Theatre.

19. Standing in a circle, as a family, by my Dad's casket, praying!

20. Holding Wendy's hand on February 3, 1979 and hearing her say "I will".