Gratitude 23

Here is a list of 20 things I am grateful I will someday be able to do again. I am feeling more and more hopeful.

1. smile at my co-workers
2. hug my students
3. meditate at Hokyoji
4. celebrate holidays with family
5. go to a Piyo class at my gym
6. go to restaurants with friends
7. travel
8. take my kids to summer camp
9. wear lipstick to a grocery store
10. shake hands with someone I just met
11. see my brother
12. see Hamilton with my mom
13. see David Sedaris, laugh hard sitting next to a stranger
14. stand in a crowded line to get ice cream at Minnehaha park
15. share a book with a child, lean in to look at the pictures
16. teach a lesson without an iPad
17. see my students smiling
18. throw a birthday party for my kids
19. go to their band concert
20. sit next to a stranger on a crowded train