Tonight’s post will be very brief. Not because I am not grateful for many things; but because at this the end of a busy, tiring week I am not sure I have the energy to recount them and expound on the many reasons why I am grateful today. My daughter teased me gently that writing this shouldn’t be that complicated: “I’m grateful for this, I’m grateful for that, the end.” I snootily replied that anyone could write a gratitude list, but a blog required a great deal more thought and, because other people are reading it one cannot simply throw together a string of sentences beginning with the phrase, “I am grateful for…”
Nevertheless, having said that, tonight I might have to resort to a string of sentences thrown together that begin with the phrase “I am grateful.” Worse yet, I might even resort to a bulleted list. Yes, I think I shall.
Tonight I am grateful for the following…
- Foster’s Freeze soft serve ice cream parlor that’s a three-minute drive from my house. Tonight I took myself there and indulged in a medium (no, not a small) strawberry sundae with whipped cream and peanuts. I skipped the maraschino cherry.
- And speaking of cherries….I am grateful for the fact that it is finally cherry season: that short-lived period of about a month to six weeks during which one can find cherries in abundance at roadside stands and farmer’s markets across the Bay area. I have yet to purchase my first basket of the sweet, delectable fruits. If there is anything I overeat pretty seriously, it’s cherries. Sometimes with digestive consequences…nuff said.
- Audiobooks. Back when I had a seven-minute commute from home to work, I listened to my audiobooks primarily when I was working on a garden construction project in my back yard. Now that I have no back yard and therefore no gardening projects, and I have a 23.5 mile (one way) commute that takes anywhere from 30 to 60 or 70 minutes to complete, I am able to dig deeply into my audiobooks. The longer, the better, and if they are parts of series–trilogies and such–that’s even better. I’ve come to enjoy the voices of various narrators and think I’d like to do that someday when I retire (ha, ha).
These are but a few more lighthearted things I am grateful for this evening. I can’t always construct deep meaning and develop themes on the subject of gratitude every day. Sometimes it’s going to be lighthearted and simple. Today is one of those days.
I can say that I am grateful for the faithful followers of this blog. I continue to hope that reading this blog somehow helps you think more about the things that you’re grateful for in your lives. Thank you for taking this journey with me. Oh the places we’ll go!
