Writing about what has inspired gratitude each day.
We’ve been drowning in snow the last couple days and it has been tempting to complain about it. The temperatures are freezing and drivers, once again, take to the roads as if they have never encountered the weather phenomena before. Simple drives have grown in complexity and my kids have…
It’s been tough being grateful the last couple days. I’ll be honest. The hostilities of the election (now over) were almost too palpable. The behavior of the citizenry was shameful, on both sides. But in my heart, though I quietly retreated, I was thankful. So thankful for the bright yellow…
I didn’t post a blog post yesterday. It wasn’t because I didn’t have it done or I was grumpy or lazy. Or any other of the usual reasons. It was purely because of something silly. I spent far too much time yesterday in a flurry of complication. I wanted to…
My grandparents had an addition to their home built many years before I was born — or at least before I could remember. It was a fantastic place. Kept separate from the rest of the house by sliding doors, it was a place I could retreat to and disappear. I…
I have many excuses to be angry lately. Not just a little bit mad or even a little annoyed. If I ate my hurt feelings lately I would be a Vegas buffet — but a lot less tacky. Something happened tonight that I should have really reacted to. In…
November is here along with the frenzied holiday season. Halloween decorations are being put away until next year; witches are traded for pilgrims. Holiday recipes are thought about as I exercise in order to make room in my waistline. Exhaustion already permeates the air. The political season has worn us…
