Notes on Gratitude 50 for 50 #14
Here’s a brand new shot of mama hummingbird tending her eggs. The nest is directly outside our back door, nestled high in the leaves of a ficus tree. Season’s worth of babies have been nurtured…
Notes on gratitude 50 for 50 #5
Friday morning, I sat down at my desk to complete my daily gratitude journal. The first question on every page is the same: In two words, how do you feel right now? Like I do…
Notes on gratitude 50 for 50 #4
Back when I allocated my Home page to writing about gratitude, my intention was to go small. Not small in a way that downplayed gratitude’s importance, rather small in the way that acknowledged the profound joy…
Notes on Gratitude
I am losing him. Each subsequent year, I forget a little more—the smell of his Old Spice, the shimmer off his salt and pepper hair, the way he’d lose his dentures and we’d have to…
Notes on Gratitude
The much anticipated day has come and gone. The ceremony went off without a hitch and it was perfect. The weather was cool. The students were behaved. The families were ecstatic. The speeches were meaningful….
Notes on Gratitude
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It's also the month when NAMI Ventura County hosts its annual walk to raise money to support our programs and services. You're probably sick of seeing me write about it…