Monthly Archives: June 2012

Lessons in Gratitude Day 352

Today has been a really good day, even though it started at 5:30 this morning (and I thought 6 a.m. was hard…) I had agreed to teach a class for a friend who’d had a death in her family and … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 351

Today I am grateful for family and friends. They have been a boon to me during challenging times. Just today I spoke with two of my sisters, my BFF from college, and my good and patient friend Nancy. All in … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 350

I am grateful for a lot of things today. The challenge today, unlike some days I’ve had this past week, is how to figure out which one or two I’m going to focus on for tonight’s blog. Sometimes I struggle … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 349

I am cranky and overwhelmed this evening. This has been one of those days, no, this has been one of those periods when virtually nothing is easy or happens without struggle or drama. Somewhere in the midst of this tumult … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 348

I am grateful once again for the incredible healing power of music. How is it that I forget this–constantly? This morning, I listened to a CD on my way to work. Usually I listen to an audiobook, but I finished … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 347

I am grateful for many things this evening, many of them so small that they are almost missable amidst the noise and tumult that whirls around me at any given time. I had, as might have been apparent to people … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 346

I am grateful to be at the end of the weekend and looking hoping to starting a new week from a better space than I ended the last one. In spite of my difficulties, I did manage to get some … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 345

Sometimes there are no more words to say. You have a conversation that you’ve had a dozen times with a person and it is as though one of you is speaking Greek and the other is singing in DNA sequences … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 344

It’s been an emotionally bumpy day or two, I must confess. I sort of knew from the moment I woke up this morning that today might be a bit rocky–I wrote about it in my journal. It wasn’t so much … Continue reading

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 343

Today I find myself simply grateful to be at the end of a very long day that commenced at 4 a.m. as I rose to drive my daughter to the airport. Although I took an all-too-short nap when I returned … Continue reading

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