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1. The chance to celebrate my beautiful sparkle of a girl. 2. Big-ass trees  3. Big-ass rocks  Somedays, I kiss this guy right on the lips as I pass. 4. My resilience.
5. Podcasts. 1. Garden gates  2. My soccer player.  3. Legs up the wall.  4. This....  5. And this guy!  When I really get my heart pumping and I stop to sit on my rock, I can close my eyes gently and see my blood moving. It rushes and swirls and empties into a type of funnel. Am I seeing my blood vessels? Must be. I've explained this too others before and I've gotten that look. Not sure if I'm all alone in this, but it's the coolest thing and I'm grateful for it. 1. My swirling cells. 2. My gazebo. 3. Waking one minute before my alarm. 4. An earlier walk leaving more time to create. 5. This cold, flat stone supporting me  Some days it's certainly harder to shift into appreciation than others. Today, every thing I read and every person I see has something to say about last night's presidential debate. I feel like I'm deflecting all the debaters debating the debate--insults, accusations and opinions are flying from every side. I just want to curl up in bed on this misty, wet morning and numb out. But I lace up my shoes and walk up to the woods because this is what I do, and there is my reward. The only ones yelling are the squirrels. 1. The sound of drops on leaves 2. My legs. I've got good, strong legs. 3. Shapes that make me raise my camera. 4. Friends that want to have lunch. 5. Transitions.  I don't post on the weekends. That's not because I don't feel appreciation, it's because I truly appreciate not having an obligation for two days out of my week! 1. A day with no obligations. 2. Dew falling off the trees like rain. 3. I'm proud of myself for getting up with Kelly every school morning (I'm proud of him, too!) 4. Apple friggin' pie! 5. September reflection.  I've decided to add an element to my daily appreciations: What do I appreciate about ME? Just one little thing...every day...no repeats. It will probably be one of the more challenging ones to come up with on a daily basis, but I like a challenge and most of the time I like me, too. :-) Join me on this. It's important. 1. I'm getting stronger. I can feel it. 2. Cast iron pans. 3. A daughter who talks openly to me. 4. Eggs. 5. Hideaways. I don't know if I would have remembered that it was the first day of fall, if it wasn't for Kelly. As I woke him before the sun to catch his bus, he just stretched and smiled and mumbled,"First day fall." After waking many teenagers for the same unpleasant reason in my 22 years of parenting, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this magical child. 1. My atypically developing 16-year-old. 2. Spotify. 3. Witnessing the courage of my children--all six of them. 4. Yellow, blue and green.  5. Wooley bears!   I love this month in the East--cool misty mornings and glorious, sunny, color-filled afternoons. My first grate thing is an easy one... 1)September. 2)Making it work with my boy. 3)Jeni and her magnificent facials! 4)Kombucha. 5)A quiet house. 1.The sound of acorns falling. 2.My boys running to school. 3.Half Moon Run 4.Just me and the birds 5.Yellow leaves on the forest floor   Today we had our first rain in months. It would have been easy to curl up inside on this gray day, but I ventured out with my bestie and we were so glad we did. The air was humid and heavy with the scent of early fall blooms--hydrangea and roses and miniature clematis--and the rain brought out the scents of the woods. Breathe DEEP. Ahhh...  1) perfume in the air 2) rain on my skin 3) a friend that lives down the street 4) the freedom to take a long walk 5) beautiful weeds  |
