Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
I usually find my gratitude for having been in a particular place, for experiencing something, seeing something beautiful, or just enjoying the spot where I am. I try to be mindful of the little moments. I do my best to find joy in the happenings Read More
Today’s gratitude was easy to find. I didn’t have to look very hard or think long to decide to be filled with gratitude for something I saw early this morning. Do you know what this is? It’s rhubarb emerging from a winter’s nap. It’s a Read More
Nature holds a lot of my daily gratitude. It seems to be placing it around for me to discover, especially on days when I seem to need it the most. Or, perhaps it is always there and I just know that I should focus on Read More
I found gratitude in new growth today. There’s something awe inspiring about watching as a barren patch of soil sprouts new, vibrant growth. It seems magical, and perhaps it is. Spring brings a renewed love of growing things, of a fresh start to the growing Read More
I spent some time this morning going through the photos from my trip to South Carolina earlier this year. There were photos of ocean sunsets and sunrises. I looked through dozens of photos I took from my visit to Brookgreen Gardens. I was lucky to Read More
Mother Nature gave me my gratitude today. It also gave me something to be ungrateful for, just for a few hours. It was the reminder of that balance that I was grateful for. Our weather has been a roller coaster this past week. We’ve had Read More
I thought that my gratitude was for a cookie today. To be fair, it is a very good cookie. Chocolatey, lightly crisp on the exterior, and fudgy on the inside. With my afternoon cup of coffee, it was the highlight of my day. Deep down, Read More
Gratitude can come from quiet places. Mine does tonight. I am settled in on the couch with a sleeping Penny Lane. The pellet stove is keeping us cozy while we await a weekend storm that can’t decide if we’ll get inches of snow or heavy Read More
Gratitude found its way to me through a blustery day. Our weather turned cold overnight. There were even a few snowflakes swirling around when I looked outside around midnight. The winds really picked up overnight. We’ve lived here at the farmhouse for almost 19 years Read More
Gratitude can be found anywhere. I also believe that we can call upon gratitude from past experiences when we need to. In fact, I think that we should. If we carry a memory with us that filled us with gratitude, I can’t think of a Read More
I found gratitude today for something that happened weeks ago. Earlier this year, I hopped on a plane rather unexpectedly to fly South for a few days to visit friends and support a friend whose family had suffered a great loss. I rarely leave home, Read More
Gratitude found me today in a place I wasn’t looking for it. I can easily admit that my day began in a way that could only be described as disappointing. I was okay with that, it wasn’t anything that couldn’t be overcome. Yet I was Read More