I did write my gratitude list yesterday, but I wrote it about the day I met my husband and I wanted to keep in private. I, however, really suggest if you have been married a long time writing a list like that. It took my whole body back to those days. I am actually feelingContinue reading “Gratitude Challenge 14 and 15”
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Gratitude Day 13
When I was 23, I had a very hard breakup. I moved to New York City, where we were supposed to move together, on my own. I don’t think about the four months I lived there very much or if I do, I think about it in relation to him and how hard the breakContinue reading “Gratitude Day 13”
Gratitude Day 12
I teach English Learners at a diverse school in the suburban Twin Cities. I get tired of the news painting such a bleak picture of what this year has been like for EL students. Today, my list is focused on what has been good about teaching in a pandemic. The girl from Palestine who showedContinue reading “Gratitude Day 12”
Gratitude Day 10 and 11
I decided to keep my gratitude posts for yesterday and today private. I’ve been reading a lot about gratitude research and thinking about how this practice may be changing me. I have noticed a few things. 1. I am really happy most of the time. 2. I was exercising 4-5 days of the week inContinue reading “Gratitude Day 10 and 11”
Gratitude Challenge Day 9
Today, I am grateful for food. the homemade iced gingerbread men with candy buttons that my sister-in law sent us in a little Christmas tin, using waxed paper to divide them the smoothies I make each morning with organic Greek yogurt, frozen raspberries, kale, and vanilla protein powder the frozen vegetables my kids like –Continue reading “Gratitude Challenge Day 9”
Gratitude Day 8
Last night, while taking a shower, I started thinking about writing a post about what I am grateful for in my bathroom. I thought it would be super easy, quick, and fun to write. In fact, this list was the most humbling and difficult thing I have ever created. The inequities of the world burnContinue reading “Gratitude Day 8”
Gratitude Challenge Day 7
I am trying to balance my gratitude. I want to both bring up what is good in my life right now and make good memories of my past stronger. For today, I’m going to focus on today. I got up before anyone else in my house and read this Modern Love essay while drinking hotContinue reading “Gratitude Challenge Day 7”
Gratitude Day 6
You know those hands of hers, her thick fingers covered with callouses? Her feet were the same way. What you think she had shoes to wear when she was little? When she was four years old, she was out in the fields, picking cotton. The fields were full of thorns and the cut her feetContinue reading “Gratitude Day 6”
Gratitude Day 5
I decided to write Fall of 1999 to August of 2001, when I lived in Columbus, Ohio. Some hard or stressful things happened those years, which is what I tend to think about when I look back, but a lot of joy and excitement was there, too. I lived with my friend, Kim, for theContinue reading “Gratitude Day 5”
Gratitude Challenge Day 4
I took my car to the self-service car wash, put my dollar coin in the slot and used the power sprayer. So Satisfying. I dropped off my plastic bags at Lowe’s. I’m so grateful they won’t end up in a landfill or the ocean. Also, that the drawer where I kept them is empty. IContinue reading “Gratitude Challenge Day 4”
