Gratitude
They say keeping a gratitude journal can make you a happier person. I try to appreciate all the blessings in my life, to stop and gape at all the good fortune that life has showered on me. I am regularly awed by the love and abundance that flows my way. I just want to say Thank you.
I'm grateful for ...
- Two beautiful, healthy children who make us laugh and make life so rich
- The man of my dreams who married me, loves me every day, and feeds my heart, soul, mind, and body
- My father's gradual and amazing recovery from heart surgery; Thank the gods for modern medicine
- My mother's friendship and support, and her unwavering devotion to my kids
- That I can be my true self with my parents, that I can be honest, that they love my husband as a son
- My legion of friends who take my breath away, inspire me to be a better person, and make me swoon
- My quirky, warm, beautiful home that is everything we really need: a safe haven, a place we can grow together and love one another
- Our expanding community of friends at Lucas's school, where children are valued and nurtured and where other families go through the same growing pains we go through
- Our expanding community of friends at the UUSS, where people of all ages and from all backgrounds join together in a commitment to open-minded discourse, tolerance, social justice, environmentalism, and spiritual exploration
- Child care I can trust to love and nourish and protect my children when Ian and I cannot be with them
- Good food to feed my family; good water to drink
- A relatively safe community with little traffic and little crime-but too much bigotry; may we find a way to educate our neighbors through love
- Mild California winters, the ever-present beauty of this world
- Music, dance, books, and art to appreciate, create, and fulfill us
- Jobs that support our financial needs and challenge our minds
- Enough of everything, want of nothing
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!