The Gratitude Post

I’m joining some of my blogger friends this week by writing a  Gratitude Post today:  five things that I am grateful for this week.  I hope that in doing so I can take some time to reflect on the many things in my life that I have to be grateful for, and maybe I can inspire some others to count their blessings as Amanda and Zoie have inspired me.

My healthy, happy son.  Monday’s post will talk about this in a little more detail, but right now I am so mindful of the fact that I am very fortunate to have a son who is happy and healthy. I’m watching him spin around now, my little Whirling Dervish, laughing and singing.  I am grateful for every day with him, and I can’t bear to think of a world without him.

My good marriage. We have a good marriage.  Of course have our moments, as all couples do, but they are always attributable to simple things like an unintentional lack of communication or misunderstanding.  We’ve learned the power of discussion, the power of hugging, and the power of taking a few moments or hours to be alone with our thoughts.  And when I think that we’ve come this far in just a few short years, I get so excited to think of what we have yet to look forward to.

A very productive weekend.  We have a bad habit of spending our weekends “playing.”  We’ll go to run errands, get sidetracked, and by the time we can even stop to sit down our weekend has passed and we accomplished nothing on our to-do list.  This weekend, though, we were a whirlwind of productive activity.  We winterized our windows, cleaned the garage, raked the leaves, did countless loads of laundry, repaired and replaced door locks, and even had enough time for a relaxing Sunday drive.  It was a good, good weekend.

Being on track for a big goal.  You may have heard me obsessing about my upcoming 15K run.  The run is longer than any distance I’ve done before, but I think I’ll be in good shape for it.  Last Friday my goal was to run 7 miles before work – I reasoned that if I can do 7 miles and still feel good, I can do 9.3 miles.  I met my goal, and I think I’m well on track for the 9.3.

Pumpkin coffee. There’s nothing at all wrong with being grateful for the little things as well as the big things, and there’s something simply lovely about a little “hug” from the coffee cup in the morning.  I love my pumpkin coffee.

Thank you Amanda and Zoie – it was nice to take a few moments today and think about the things that I have to be grateful for.  Maybe some of my readers will feel moved to do the same.