A friend told me that he just discovered Brandi Carlile, including one of my favorite songs, "The Eye". This is exciting to me because I love Brandi Carlile and it makes my day that someone else heard her music and had it resonate with them. The reason I love music so much is that when…
Time for Gratitude: April 21, 2016
Today I'm grateful for soft, freshly baked cookies.
Time for Gratitude: April 10, 2016
Today I'm grateful for friendship. Well, more than simple friendship- but lifelong friendship. I'm grateful for the love of a friend who accepts me in my quiet, in my crazy, in my lazy, and in my frenzy. I'm grateful for knowing that friend provides unconditional love in all moments. I'm grateful for a friend…
Time for Gratitude: March 31, 2016
Today I'm grateful for the sound of Pacific Tree Frogs that sing outside my home. There's something so comforting about falling asleep to the sound of frogs singing.
Time for Gratitude: March 29, 2016
Today I'm grateful for my Dad and Sue's dog, Josie. Dogs always make me smile. I was driving home the other evening feeling blue and I saw a dog with his head out the window and just living life to its fullest. It was a reminder to me that I need to spend a little…
Time for Gratitude: March 24, 2016
Today I'm grateful for sun breaks. I really don't mind the rain. It's refreshing and makes me feel at home. But on the days when it's drizzling or dumping rain nonstop- and the rain slows down and the clouds open to reveal the beautiful blue sky- it's a break, a pause, a stop in the…
Time for Gratitude: March 21, 2016
I'm in the need of returning focus to gratitude. Today, it was easy. I'm grateful for the trees that return to life in the spring. I'm grateful for the tiny buds on branches that hold the promise of leaves or flowers. I'm grateful for what it means: routine, new life, rebirth, survival, and reunion.
Time for Gratitude: March 8th, 2016
Today I'm grateful my Mom, Ann, is safely home in New York after receiving her radiation treatment in Oregon. I'm grateful she trusted my sister and me enough to trust we could get her back and forth from appointments, help her rest, and safely house her for three and a half months. I'm grateful for…
Time for Gratitude: February 26, 2016
Today I'm grateful for quiet moments with those I love. The moments where nothing happens except for comfortable silence. The moments that I don't need to fill with chatter. The content moments.
Time for Gratitude: February 24, 2016
Today I'm grateful for my sister Trish's acceptance of my good moments and bad. She lets me be in a bad mood but keeps me laughing throughout. Thank you for loving me, warts and all.
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