counting blessings

I keep thinking we could write a good book if we just took a tape recorder and a camera with us whenever we go out with the girls. We always draw an interested crowd. My social-quotient has gone up significantly since the girls arrived -- better than when we had the dogs, because lots of people don't like dogs but apparently only a few people aren't entranced by the entrance of triplets (in baby seats, or in the strollers). I think we could really find some interesting material if we just asked people to tell us what blessing they would wish on the girls for their lives growing up. We haven't been able to do much with this idea yet, but I think that the girls provoke something tender and hopeful in people that it would be nice to capture, like catching fireflies in a jar.