With everything that’s been happening here in the last while; (car issues etc. etc.)  it hasn’t been easy to remain positive or to feel gratitude for the goodness in my life. So with that in mind, I decided it was a good time for me to think about the positives; the things that I feel grateful for and write a blog post about gratitude.

And so in no particular order; here are the things that I feel the most grateful for today:

• having friends who will talk to me on the phone for hours at a time; someone the other day called it “phone therapy”; very fitting.
• my dog, who even as I write this, is laying under my legs on the couch. Yes, he is work but he gives me a 1000 times more than I give him.
• photography; taking pictures of babies and brides and little kids and big kids and all things in between
• learning to swim; it is so very satisfying to be able to swim laps in the pool and even go into the deep end!
• coffee
• the newspaper in the morning delivered to my door
• the people who shovel my driveway and deck
• warm socks
• computers and iPhones
• driving a big, red monster truck right now
• lunch with friends
• my daughter-in-law, who is also one of my favorite people in the world
• my grandson who makes me laugh and loves my wolf howl
• laughing
• smiles from strangers
• the crunch of the snow under my feet when I walk in the winter and the energy that I get from the cold
• The Good Wife, Masters of Sex, Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black

Have you ever tried to write a gratitude list? I suggest you do.

Wave at me if you see me dancing in the snow tonight!