30 Days of Gratitude – Day 25: Express gratitude to a friend who lives in a foreign country. Years ago I had a pen pal in India. On lightweight powder-blue air-mail stationery, we would share our fifth-grade comings and goings from…
November 24, 2015
30 Days of Gratitude – Day 24: Express gratitude to a medical professional who helps you in some way. Oh sure, I’d been around doctors and hospitals now and then, but it wasn’t until being confronted with my father’s long-term illness…
November 23, 2015
30 Days of Gratitude – Day 23: Express gratitude to a manual laborer whose skills make your life easier. Much to my embarrassment, I fulfill the stereotype of being a woman who knows nothing about cars. I chose my first car…
November 22, 2015
30 Days of Gratitude – Day 22: Express gratitude to a parent/guardian/parent-figure. “The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life’s basic lessons are taught; and a…
November 21, 2015
30 Days of Gratitude – Day 21: Express gratitude to an author whose work you enjoy reading. With their words, they make us laugh, cry, hope, cringe, and imagine. They expose our deepest hurts and in so doing push us to…