Day 30 I am grateful for really good hugs - the kind where you start to let go but are still being hugged so tight you get back in there, Schitts Creek, birthdays… (everyone's birthday!!!), great fortunes in my fortune cookie, notes left in my purse I find when I get to work, having my …
30 Days of Gratitude
Day 29 I am grateful for my jeans that fit a weee bit snug. This tells me I am not for want and have plenty to eat when I look into my fridge or pantry. Not all can say the same. I love to cook and bake and have a a husband and family that …
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Day 28 I’m grateful for some good ole comfort food. I’ve made alot of it lately! Guess I’ve needed it! Baked some apple crisp with some vanilla bean ice cream; pastas; soups - so many soups and chilis, cheese, cheesy things. Especially love the kind that cook all day and make the house smell all …
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Day 27 I’m grateful for simple beautiful moments in life. A beautiful sunsetA snow with gentle snowfall that feels like you’re in a snow globeSeeing that stunning bright red tree in the fallRooms lit only by candles or white lights… These moments happen rarely which makes us gasp (and maybe even call someone’s attention to …
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Day 26 I am grateful for negative, unhappy people. I know you are probably thinking that I must be drunk posting.. Stick with me on this…Most of the time in our lives we are able to choose with whom we associate ourselves. We are able to choose whom we involve in our circle of people …
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Day 25 I’m grateful for memories. If you think about the concept of a memory, it’s actually really cool. Ever since seeing that movie Inside Out, I can think of them no other way. Hoping you all gather, eat wonderful food and make some amazing memories today 💜
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Day 24 Won’t lie. Really having a tough one today. Working to wrangle up a gratitude is not proving to be easy. I suppose my gratitude lies in the fact that when I’m not at my best, not at my strongest, down, depressed, hurting, crabby, short fused and all around not winning: I still have …
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Day 23 I’m grateful for my slow cooker. Recently my hours and responsibilities at work have increased as well as spending several hours a week AFTER work at physical therapy getting home around 7:15. Schedule is getting FULL! I’m grateful for the ability to throw a bunch of items in this vessel and turn it …
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Day 22 I’m grateful for my husband. Our story is long and twisty, but every road led us here. My husband and I are totally different people with different personalities and tendencies. I am a planner (with lists and flowcharts) and Josh will start thinking about, “planning” or packing for a trip about two minutes …
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Day 21 I’m grateful for my Mom. My Maummy. We have been through it all together! The older I get, and the more “momming”’I get under my own belt the more grateful I am for her. She had me when she was just 20!! We have both single mommed it and having known how she …
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Day 20 I am grateful I live somewhere that I get to experience all four seasons. Us Chicagoans can get so super bitchy about every.single.season and can forget the blessings each one holds. We get summer where we get to enjoy a good margarita on a hot day by the pool. Watermelon, fabulous fruit, bbqs, …
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Day 18 I am grateful for music. Very few things in life can touch us quite like music. It can alter a mood, an ambience, a day, a memory. It brings people of all walks of life together. It can flash us back to a point in life instantly upon hearing a song. It can …
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Day 16 I am grateful for photos. It is the only point in our lives that we are given the power to stop time. Just for a split second. And life is a blink. I always love it if someone wants to take a photo in any given situation. Because to me it means that …
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Day 15 I am grateful for open hearts. Blending a family can go any number of ways. The way the girls have bonded so beautifully with Josh and he with them makes my heart squeeze. They accept each other - just the way they are and have become family. The girls have begun calling Josh …
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Day 14 I am grateful for my friends. What's interesting about friends in this stage of life is - I actually don't get to see them nearly as much as I'd like to. There is so much.. life going on with all of us between spending time with our families, relationships with our significant others, …
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