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Happy New Year friends! One of my new years resolutions is to practice gratitude more often. I had seen benefits from this over the past few years but have gotten away from it recently and I want to experience the benefits of it again. Here’s what I’m grateful for today:

1. I’m grateful for electricity. We went several days without power due to a winter storm and I am so thankful to all the linemen and the power company for restoring it!
2. I’m thankful for good customer experience from the airlines. Our flight home from Texas was canceled twice and despite the headache of it all, the customer service reps and all of the airline employees I worked with were so helpful and empathetic.
3. I’m grateful for a great life coach, my mom, who never tires of my endless requests for advice and help with life’s various struggles.
4. I’m thankful for the opportunity for my son to play basketball. I can see the improvement in his confidence and it has been so fun to get back into one of my favorite sports as I watch him play.
5. I’m grateful for all of the hospitality and help my family showed us while we were in Texas. Plenty of family members welcomed us into their homes and provided us with meals and places to sleep when we hadn’t planned on staying so long!

I’m wishing everyone a great 2022!

Happy New Year Friends! I really have so much to be thankful for lately!

1. I am sooooo very thankful that we got to spend a long 2 weeks with my mom and extended family for Christmas! We had the most wonderful time and I’ll always remember this trip!
2. I’m grateful that some of my family members who were very sick in the hospital with Covid are all home now and seem to be doing better.
3. I’m grateful for a safe trip to and from Texas. We drove for the first time and I’m glad we made it safely without any incidents. I’m also thankful for my husband who quickly and gracefully handled the minor car trouble we had on the way home as well as for the Honda service center, especially their employee, Carlos, who were able to quickly get our car checked out and ensure it was safe to continue driving (all with a fun kids waiting area too)!
4. I’m thankful for my boys’ school and that they are able to continue to attend in person and learn with their friends and teachers.
5. I’m thankful for the vaccines for Covid that are now becoming available and for all the people who have put their hard work, time, and expertise into developing and testing them.
6. I’m grateful that Ben, the boys, and I already had Covid and recovered without any issues. It is because of that, that we have been able to have some sense of normal back in our lives including getting to visit my family and meet my new nephew, traveling for Christmas and getting to see family we have missed so much, and having less interruptions or worry when it comes to school and protentional exposures.
7. I am thankful for hope for the future. I am very hopeful that this spring and summer, most of us can hopefully try to get back to somewhat of a normal life.
8. I’m grateful for my husband for agreeing to drive to Texas with 3 young children with me. He surely knows the way to my heart.
9. I’m thankful for my best friend Lindsey who checked on our house and kitties while we were gone and has never judged me or been scared to be around me throughout the Covid crisis. I may not have made it through the past few months as gracefully without her!
10. Lastly, I am grateful for life and love. I love life and I love all the people in my life whether I see them every day or once a year. I’m so blessed to know so many wonderful and kind people.

Sending wishes of love, happiness, and health to you all!

Hi friends! Boy do I have a lot to be thankful for!

1. I am so grateful we were all able to stay healthy so we could travel to Texas and spend time with my family this weekend.
2. I’m thankful I got to meet my niece and celebrate my sister and her husband’s gender reveal!
3. I’m thankful my sister and her husband provided us with a nice and comfortable place to stay.
4. I’m grateful for an amazing family who all make the effort to come together when we are in town, especially my mom who drove 5 hours to see us.
5. I’m grateful for my dad for buying our tickets with his miles so we could afford the trip.
6. I’m thankful for the most amazing weekend and that my boys could spend time and bond with my family.

Have a happy day!

Happy Thursday and happy spring! I’ve actually been practicing daily gratitude since the new year with a handwritten journal so I haven’t been keeping up with my weekly gratitude posts on this blog but today I feel like I need an extra dose of it!

1. I’m grateful for spring, flowers, warm weather, and sunshine. Winter here is so so hard for me. The short days, the gloomy weather, and the cold really have an effect on me so I’m so thankful and full of energy to welcome spring and the promise of summer!
2. I’m thankful for a really fun girls trip to Savannah and for my husband and mother-in-law who helped take care of my boys so I could have a little break and spend time with some of my best gal pals and my mom while exploring a new city.
3. I’m grateful for an amazing preschool that my kids attend. Not only have they taught my children so much over the past 2 years, they have gone above and beyond to accommodate Morgan and his broken leg.
4. I’m thankful for exercise and my body’s ability to participate in it. With the warmer weather, I’ve been exercising more and my body and mind feel so much better!
5. I’m thankful for my 3 sons. They are constantly teaching me and motivating me to try to become a better person.

Have a wonderful day!