Day 284 – So Much Thanks

My heart is SO full of gratitude I don’t even know where to start.

1. I have the most amazing husband in the entire world and he will always be at the top of my thanksgiving list. He was missed at dinner this year but I am glad he got to spend the weekend doing something he loves.
2.  I have the greatest friends a human could ever ask for. I spent the evening surrounded by so much love and laughter and support. There are moments when I am with these people that my joy is so complete, so whole that I feel the need to pinch myself.
3. Gil and I have built an amazing life and the blessings just keep coming. We want for nothing, we have a good roof over our heads. We have good jobs, We live in a free and democratic country. We have families who love us. We have sweet fur babies. We are happy and healthy. How could I ask for anything more?

Day 222 – Walking With My Baby

I had a perfect evening with my husband eating ice cream cones and walking in the park. I wish summer could last forever.

Day 73 – Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson

I had the most amazing experience today. Along with about a dozen of my colleagues I got got volunteer at Halifax Connects.

This an an event for those without a home, people who are at risk of homelessness to come  and have a free hot lunch. get haircuts, receive some clothing and comfort kits, The can also get housing and counselling info, blood Pressure and sugar testing. There are representatives there from addictions and mental health services, employment Resources and much more.

I served meals to dozens of people over the 2.5 hours that I was there and I was overwhelmed by the feelings that it brought up in me.  I was surrounded by people in such need but what I was hearing was gratitude and laughter and hope. I was hugged and high fived and blessed and teased about my inability to carry a cup of coffee without spilling.  But I also did hear stories that made me cry. I was deeply and profoundly moved by everything that was going on around me, to the extent that periodically I had to step back and take a breath and center myself.  Nothing make a person more thankful for what they have than seeing those who don’t. I am so immensely grateful for this wonderful life I have and I know I do take so much for granted. Last week I bitched about a trip to the dentist but it never occurred to me to be grateful that I could go and have that work done. Let me tell you, it has occurred to me now.  I am going to bed with fuller appreciation for what I have and goal to do more for those haven’t been as fortunate.

Day 79 – I Give Thanks

Of course I am grateful for all the big things, what kind of asshole would I be if I weren’t?

Today  want to give thanks for some of the smaller things.

Sleeping in

Netflix

Friendly neighbours

Brown paper and Crayons

A husband who turns the car around to go back to the restaurant where I left my camera, without complaint

Cordless drills

Touch up paint

A brother who never fails to ask me if I want a coffee before he comes over

This soup …

Day 88 – Tonight’s forecast: Dark. Continued dark tonight turning to partly light in the morning. ~George Carlin

Work was good today. If I haven’t mentioned it before I really adore my co-workers. It makes me happy to go to work each day with so many lovely people. In a few short months I have become very attached to them. That is just how it works in the trenches, in customer service and in wars.

I was tired and cruddy tonight and I just need to kick my feet up and relax… so that is what I did.

Thank you Aimee and John for providing me with a comfy place to chill out and recoup. And thanks for an evening of easy laughs. I love you guys!

Life is a lot sweeter with friends like you…

Thankful Thursday – April 11th

Tonight I have so much to be thankful for, i am rich with blessings.

Aimee’s safe arrival at her sisters

Smoked salmon

Coffee with Theresa

Unplanned visit with Sara and Jay

Awesome email from a friend who used to be my boss

Rattle & Hum

Major kitty snuggles from Angus

The support and kindness my husband offers me every day

The support and kindness from a community of friends who are truly invested in my well being

The candor and braveness of those standing up and telling their own stories

The returning of myself confidence, there is a job out there that is the perfect fit for me

My TARDIS blue shoes

Trying something new and getting it right

Trying something new, failing but trying again

Breakthrough  in my yoga practice

 

Hey, it’s Thursday! Let’s give thanks!

Tonight I am grateful for sleep! And my bed! And dreaming… okay okay so clearly I am tired.  But really I am grateful for being home and safe and comfortable and not at work until the wee hours like my poor husband.

I am grateful for walking buddies, warm gloves and does who do their business FAST when it is cold outside. 

I am thankful for butt warmers in cars, comfortable new kicks, that tomorrow is jeans day and for texts from my nephew. 

I am thankful for cups of tea, treadmills, my Wii and new towels.

And now I am going to be grateful for turning in early!

Nighty night!

Thankful Thursday – Baby It’s Cold Outside!

I have a mixed bag of gratitude today, it’s not that unusual, I am a mixed bag kind of girl.

I started my morning with a chat with my homegirl Shannon, she lives in Australia. Yeah I had a quick tête-à-tête with AUSTRALIA, all before breakfast. So I am pretty thankful for technology that allows such a thing to happen. 

Shannon and I were talking about our jobs, how she loves what she does and how I am not miserable but my job is a job and certainly not my passion. I didn’t lay in my bed at night as a wee girl and dream about selling paper. But I am thankful, for having a job, for making a decent wage, for a boss I really like and for paid vacation time. 😉

I am also grateful for the salt truck drivers who were out this morning. The roads were slippery but hunny and I had a perfect trip into work and there was a good amount of salt down the whole way.  I know theses guys catch a lot of crap but they do a job I would never want to do, mostly because you have to get up SUPER early and drive big trucks not my cup of tea so thanks dudes!