491-500

491. New cousins.
492. Deeper friendships.
493. Growing children.
494. New babysitters.
495. A dynamic team of professionals.
496. Freedom.
497. This wet England.
498. Relearning old friendships.
499. Good health.
500. All God's gifts, large and small, this year.

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481-490

481. Children with long memories.
482. Bouncy beds.
483. Hospital tea.
484. Flexible nurses.
485. Parking spaces.
486. Space for a 3rd wheelchair user in our bus.
487. New treatments.
488. Flat fields.
489. Well-timed rain showers.
490. Touch screen lifts.

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471-480

471. Roads built higher than the floods
472. Drive thru lunches
473. Friendly holiday cottage hosts.
474. Comfy holiday settees.
475. Double doors dividing holiday bedrooms.
476. Quick boiling kettles.
477. The Fens
478. One Supercute toddler.
479. Duvet coats
480. Finally sleeping children.

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461-470

461. Time zones.
462. Friends awake around the clock.
463. Wise counsel.
464. Olive bread.
465. A God who never sleeps.
466. Reliable electricity.
467. Friendly plumbers.
468. Stimulating debate.
469. Wensleydale with cranberries.
470. Purple sparkly jumpers on pretty girls.

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451-460

451. Multigenerational cousins meeting.
452. Squishing fifteen people around a table meant for 8.
453. Filling that table with enough food for 30.
454. Second cousins sharing a children's table for the first time, echoes of their parents at the same age.
455. Recycling family history.
456. Squid in ink.
457. Squidgable baby boys all chuckling and grinning and snuggling in for a sneaky mid lunch snooze.
458. Moonlight over flood plains.
459. Flexible seating arrangements in our wonderful and very lovely bus.
460. Continuity.

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441-450

441. "This is my best present in the whole wide world and I actually love it."
442. "Cousins are better than presents."
443. "A pencil case all for me? I have never ever had a whole Hello Kitty Pencil Case all for me. I have always wanted this"
444. "This is my beautiful dress."
445. "I do love my family and my sister."
446. "We are cousins and we are kissing."
447. "Bread Sauce??"
448. "You are the kindest mummy in the whole wide world and I love you"
449. "This was a lovely day we had today wasn't it?"
450. "ahh" [kick] "ahh" (Mog-speak for "yes I agree to all of that."

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431-440

431. Christingles.
432. Children keen to get to bed to make the morning come.
433. Cousins dancing together.
434. Chestnut and chocolate mousse.
435. Big fat juicy prawns.
436. Stockings.
437. Jostein Gaarder.
438. The obedience of Mary and Joseph.
439. God made flesh, no warrior but a tiny vulnerable baby.
440. Simple Truth.

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421-430

421. Mild evenings.
422. New coats.
423. A cupboard full of blankets.
424. An immersion tank.
425. Plug in radiators.
426. No wind.
427. Playmate cousins.
428. Marzipan chocolate logs.
429. 3 more sleeps.
430. Sellotape.

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411-420

411. A new scented candle, with dark wax, which makes the flames appear to float in a deep pool.
412. Christmas Specials to string out bedtime.
413. An uncle to walk home from school.
414. A ten year old ecstatic with the nail art kit which is her Christmas present from school.
415. Two weeks without the morning bus race.
416. The last parking space in Teaco.
417. Being able to be a tiny bit useful to two separate people today.
418. A steady stream of visitors.
419. The traditional family chocolate truffles.
420. Cling film.

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401-410

401. X-rays not needed.
402. Registrars with the giggles.
403. Company in the slowest Of slow clinics.
404. Sight of an orange form - now very nearly officially on a waiting list.
405. A surprisingly clear run home.
406. Cats who appear to be largely uninterested in our Christmas tree.
407. Pleasure in rereading familiar stories.
408. Two girls listening together and both wanting more.
409. Giggles from one child who finally woke up properly for about thirty minutes this evening.
410. The silence of the CPAP.

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