Finding Gratitude
For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…
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For 30 years, Thanksgiving was a wound I didn’t know how to stop reopening. It wasn’t the turkey or the…
Continue Reading8:10 a.m. — That’s what time our kids are supposed to be ready to walk out the door in the…
Continue Reading“Mama, go get your notebook! I have gratitudes to add!” When we started listing things we were grateful for, it…
Continue ReadingDo you ever feel just so overwhelmingly grateful? For all the millions of little things that you take for granted…
Continue ReadingAs I sat watching this little girl practice kicking a ball in front of our house, it suddenly occurred to…
Continue ReadingWhen I was younger, I had a dream. It wasn’t my only dream—I had plenty of career goals, financial aspirations,…
Continue ReadingI remember my teenage self dreaming, hoping, and praying for a life like I have now. Praying for a man…
Continue ReadingI look into this sweet, sleeping, peaceful face, and I’m so overcome with emotion and love. If one of the…
Continue ReadingAdmittedly, I’ve needed to change the way I perceive things. Mostly, my life. My hands are full. I’m at this…
Continue ReadingMy sobs interrupted the sound of silence. As my husband and I prepared to take our son to college, I…
Continue ReadingThe first spontaneous “thank you,” that sweetly pours out of a child’s mouth is an occasion many parents remember with…
Continue ReadingWhen the baby spits up for the tenth time that day, help me to be thankful. When the toddler misses…
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