On this, my 32nd Thanksgiving, I am putting into action the online gratitude journal that I've been meaning to do for so long. My hope is that I will post once a day a few of the things that I am most thankful for. I stole the idea from Oprah a while back and have been keeping it in a paper journal, but I feel like sharing (I almost always feel like sharing). My goal is to make it completely unfiltered, so if you must judge, please do so quietly. I'm going to start with some of my previous entries to get me started. Feel free to share what you are thankful for via the comment section.
November 27, 2008
1. A family that travels to be with us for Thanksgiving, just because we ask
2. A husband who loves to cook for this holiday and is amazing at it
3. A dad who says he's thankful for me meeting BH, because so much of what he is thankful for stems from that, and a dad who says that in front of a bunch of other people that he doesn't know that well
4. A mom who puts aside her own anxiety to help me with mine by supporting BH and me with preparations, interactions, and clean up of our big day
5. A sister who checks in throughout the day on days like today when we can't be together
6. Making it through year one with HD with flying colors
September 14, 2008
1. That BH's job makes it so I don't have to work unless I want to
2. That I can work and people want me to help them with work
3. Ice pack when my back hurts
4. Parents who take the day off to take care of my baby in NY so I can go to a professional event just because I want to
5. A husband who helps me see it's possible and pushes me to make it happen
6. The love I have for my baby that makes me miss him when he sleeps at night
7. Being able to read
8. A husband who knows how to make poached pears and does it because I think it's important for our participation in our local environmental competition
9. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin for completely opposite reasons - they are both opening discourse and moving us forward as a nation, if only inches at a time
August 24, 2008
1. A tired baby who can sleep
2. Old friends who mean it
3. Enough money to not worry
4. Text messaging
5. Someone who loves me enough to come back after I've been so terribly mean to him
6. The words, "I'm sorry"
August 23, 2008
1. My parents babysitting for HD last night so BH and I could go out to dinner with friends
2. Flowers from BH yesterday to celebrate the sixth anniversary of our engagement
3. Having so much stuff that we can give away new things to Goodwill
4. Craigs List and cash made selling bike, headboard, and rower ($50, $50, $500)
5. An awesome moms' group - online and off
6. Good friends like Auntie Fancypants
7. Loving neighbors
8. Chocolate croissants
9. Coffee
10. HD filling me up with love
11. Organized toys on repurposed shelf
August 9, 2008
1. BH
2. HD
3. Automatic ice maker
4. The Olympics
5. Good books (just finished The Dinner Diaries by Betsy Block)
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