January 31st: I’m grateful for the opportunity to use my developing art skills to make someone a personalized gift. I’m setting it free tomorrow. I hope she likes it!
January 30th: One year ago my husband and I took my Dad and stepmother to McDonald’s. In my world this was a significant event. Dad’s broken hip, followed by an unsuccessful pin and a desire to faithfully research options resulted in 7 months of extremely limited mobility and a desire not[…]
January 29th: Gratitude is being overshadowed by anxiety and concern over current events. I’m struggling to find something I’m grateful for today. But after returning home from a nice family dinner with my cousin’s family I realize that I have something to be very grateful for. My husband and cousin[…]
January 28: This is the time of year for Mourning Cloak butterflies and today there are two flying around my yard. Butterflies are one of my simple joys so I am always grateful for them. They remind me to stop and enjoy the life that surrounds me. They bring a smile[…]
January 27th: I have a group of friends with a desire to be held accountable for their 2017 goals, a desire to be here on this day in 2018 and say “I made this happen for myself”. Goals are big when you’re young — get an education, find a job that is rewarding[…]
January 26th: Our large pool barren backyard is both a playground and natural food source for raccoons, in fact I’m not sure which did greater damage to our yard last year, water restrictions or raccoons. While we don’t encourage them by leaving food out, we do accept their presence. The grass[…]
January 24th: Today I am grateful for cameras and my love of photography. My memory has never been first-rate. It’s a frustrating trait, a trait I attribute to multi-tasking and difficulty living in the present moment, a trait that prevents me from being a viable Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy contender. There[…]
January 22nd: Parking lot manners leave much to be desired these days. There’s nothing more frustrating then not once, but twice going through the cycle of looking in your rear view mirror, then over your right shoulder and over your left shoulder only to find someone right behind you as soon as you[…]
January 21st: Many of my friends here and in other parts of the U.S. are attending the Women’s March today, an event whose mission is to promote our rights and honor the diverseness on which our nation is founded. Many of these women are from my generation and have never before[…]
January 19th: This morning I visited a gravesite that I have not been to in 41 years, a gravesite of a dear friend that I lost when we were both teenagers. I was there to visit his mother, Bobbie. Bobbie extended a hand of friendship to me, a teenage girl, at a[…]
January 18th: I am thankful for the man I married 30 years ago today and for the life we share. My husband has an uncanny knack for finding parking spaces and greeting cards and today’s card sums it up perfectly — On the road of life it’s not where you go[…]
January 16th: Most mornings I read a random page from Julia Cameron’s Prayers to the Great Creator. It’s uncanny how many of the selections speak to what’s on my mind. The desire to have a relatable voice and write about it every day for a year puts this blog project – A Year of[…]
January 14th: I give thanks today to those who planted the blogging seed, to the universe for its synchronous presentation of this idea, and to myself for paying attention. To my friend and sister whose idea it was for my online women’s group to embark on a 52 week journaling[…]
January 13th: Today I am thankful for rain. Rain is rare here and it has rained most of this week. Our plants, suffering from a year of water restrictions, are thirsty. Rain had made them new and fresh. Rain has washed away the grime of daily living. Rain has sweetened[…]