183. Gratitude: Write a poem or journal entry that is all about things you are thankful for.
- Specific people in your life: DH2, sister, kids, aunt, cousins, friends, book club friends.
- Specific animals, plants or trees in your life: Peace plant from mom, baby daughter’s plant, jacaranda outside my office, bonsai plants. I’m sentimental about these.
- Relationships that are special to you: with each person listed above, I guess I was thinking about the relationship I have with them. I guess I can throw in all of my doctors and different health care providers.
- Objects in your space: pillows!!! Bed, hot water, flushing toilets, nice towels, my pretty clothes and shoes, the entire kitchen, my car, my phone, ipad, laptop, and computer.
- Experiences you’ve had: going to college and grad school, living/working in Saipan, having kids, relationship arc with DH2, traveling.
- Certain choices you have made for yourself: All of the experiences above.
- Food or drink in your fridge or store: cheese, coffee, alcohol, bananas, stone fruit.
- Nature and environment: sunrises, sunset, views from someplace high, hiking anywhere, wild flowers.
- Activities you get to do: retire, travel, book clubs, parties.
- Technology you use that someone built: All things Adobe and WordPress, social media
- Movements or activists who have benefited your life: Roe, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, marriage equality, stonewall, ERA (really wish it would pass), BLM
- Things that make you smile or feel good about yourself: pretty nails, clothes, exercise, tummy tuck, micobladed eyebrows.
- Anything else you want to add: genetics is a mixed bag, I’m grateful for the good parts
