Gratitude

It's November, the month of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day is always so busy preparing the food, setting the table, and doing the dishes that we can forget what it's all about which is gratitude. Gratitude for the people and things in your life and in your heart. So, as I've done in (some) years past, I'm going to take advantage of the entire moth of November and express my gratitude for at least one thing for each November day.

I have a trying but very blessed life and I need to acknowledge the things in my life, big and small, for which I am grateful. Mostly I will just add these acknowledgments to the bottom of my post, but I figured an up front explanation was warranted.

November 1 - grateful for the wheelchair repairman coming through and fixing a problem that was making Maggie tip over. (also if you read yesterdays post with the three repairs I had, this was the ONLY one that worked, making me triple grateful)

November 2, grateful it's Friday and my last morning madness for a couple of days. The race out the door in the morning is never easy. also grateful for my sister Kate who has a birthday today.

 

Gratitude

November means Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving means gratitude. I think it's time for a gratitude adjustment.

I am grateful for so many things in my life large and small. I'll start with a few: my healthy sons and their sense(s) of humor, my tough and resilient daughter who amazes me every day, my husband and his creativity, my family, close and extended, especially my sister who is celebrating her birthday today, my city which is beautiful and warm as November begins, my health, my exchange students for their energy and cheerfulness,  and so many other things.

So just for today no complaining about insurance companies or access or any other problems. That will resume, believe me, but it will be followed by a daily gratitude, just so I can remember to make the most of November.