Gratitudes
- my pets
- long baths while reading
- the ocean
- grandbabies
- knowing that life is precious while I’m living it
- a homemade quilt
- friends who show up
- the courage to “go gray”
- the relief that comes when a migraine breaks
- hummingbirds
- silence
- air conditioning!!!!
- pain that comes when a pet dies, because it reminds me I loved them
- good medical care
- the ability to think
- indoor plumbing (thanks Emily)
- choices
- the gift of a friend’s time
- children’s picture books
- cool sheets on a hot day
- caterpillars that eat the milkweed to nothing
- better living through pharmaceuticals
- the kids
- an excellent massage
- a great cup of coffee and the newspaper in the morning
- friends who ask
- the feeling that comes after crying
- speaking truth
- being invited
- real champagne
- not having to cook
- the smell of a slow roasted chicken on Sunday
- finding hope in the impossible
- prayer
- a day to myself
- a blank sheet of paper
- the first page of a good book
- when people reach out, even when I don’t
- death… it reminds us of the importance of time