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Gratitude: Six
One thing I tell my clients when I'm a doula (and to other friends going through a hard time) is that it is a gift to their community when they let others help take care of them. I honestly believe this, although it can be hard to take my own advice ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude: 4
Today was the Fourth of July, which isn't much of a holiday for us. We don't have enough cash to blow on fireworks, and the big fireworks show over the lake would mean huge crowds, so we just don't do it. I loved it when we did the picnic and show in Davis, but we haven't been to anything like that since we moved away from California ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude: <3
I want to make these entries all lofty and noble and virtuous, but today... well, today the thing I am grateful for is pretty much as basic as it gets. Today, I am grateful for my kitchen ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude: Thing the Second
I am so very grateful for a strong and healthy body. There are issues... not many folks running around on the Earth for half a century are free of issues... but none are major enough to cause me more than occasional inconvenience. Basically, the chassis is still going strong and I'm so glad! -
Gratitude: Thing the First
Well, the first one is gonna be the easiest: I'm so grateful for my family, starting with my best friend and buddy Bill. I won the lottery four times with my kids. My sister is my loudest and most sincere cheerleader. And my dad is always there for me. I even hit the jackpot with my second set of in-laws ( Read more... ) -
Gratitude
mh75 did a great LJ thing a while back, posting every day for a month about things that made her happy. She's doing another one for July, this time focusing on gratitude ( Read more... ) -
I ATEN'T DEAD
Well, I never came back and finished updating that road trip... not because we didn't enjoy the hell out of it, rather because I got home and got up to speed with the local homeschoolers, the SCA, the house, and so on.
I'm in the middle of a long post talking about tolerance, games, brains and biology... but it'll be a while yet, and ( I thought I'd just put something up here to let you know I'm still reading my LJ. ) -
Trip so far...
Drove to KC in the rain, got in late to Jill's and crashed. Listened to Magnetic Fields much of the way, along with a Ben Folds Presents album of college acapella groups doing his songs. Awesome, thanks Clay ( Read more... ) -
Changes in the air?
In the last few weeks, I've let go of some things that have been very important to me over the long term (my van, my hair, and my dog). I've established a semi-regular meditation practice. Spring has arrived with a furnace blast of heat (89 today!), and I'm setting off on a month-long adventure on Friday with my youngest son at my side ( Read more... )
