- A visit from the local poultry
- My son called me three days in a row
- Dark chocolate is still on the healthy list
- Hot showers
- A mother who texts humorous life updates
- A husband who comes home every night
- A cat who enjoys catnip mice with abandon
- Fire season has moved outdoors
- My friend has a new, healthy grandson
- The cheerful elderly gentleman sitting next to me at the hairdresser who said life was too short to waste it on complaints
- Wrens are making a nest in the birdhouse gourd on our deck
- Dishwashers
- A friend who hosts weekly Bible studies in her lovely home
- Free books
- Getting the timeline in my manuscript-in-progress straightened out (because editing sometimes causes as many problems as it solves)
- A pastor who laughs a lot more than he frowns
- Beethoven
- The oak blossoms are (finally!) finished
- A clam-bake to look forward to
- A library that is only 2 1/2 miles away
- My son’s mp3 player (from his middle-school years) that still works just fine
- Great audiobook narrators
- The joy of sharing my thoughts through writing
So, what’s on your list? Can you think of 23 things to be grateful for today?
I guess I’ve been in Montana too long. When I read “Fire season” (the image didn’t load in the email version), my first reaction was confusion. Here, fire season means late summer when the forests burst into flame, favorite recreation spots are closed, and the air is heavy with smoke.
Ah, communication. How easy it is to misconstrue a seemingly innocent statement. Fortunately in PA we rarely have that kind of fire season.