The excitement of seeing three former students and their wonderful mother.  Nothing could have been better than an entire evening visiting with them.

A delicious, still warm, homemade peach pie from my friend, Patty!

Fresh blueberries, honeydew melon, and other goodies from Szalay’s Farm, brought by my friend, Kim.

The anticipation of seeing my daughter, Kari, today.  She’s getting her braces off, and I’m so excited to see how great she looks with that wonderful no-braces smile!

Also, looking forward to seeing my daughter, Kylia, today!  She usually works at a store about 30 miles away from us, but today, she is working in a store only 3 miles away, and she’s coming to our house this afternoon!

Enjoying the ribbons of photographs on my wall.  So many pictures of family and friends, some from a long time ago, and some that are more recent.  The photos grab everyone’s attention when they visit, and I always enjoy telling visitors the stories behind some of the pictures.  If you have photo albums filled with photos that no one sees, take some of them out of the albums, tape them to ribbons, and tack the ribbons to the wall, where everyone can enjoy them.

So grateful for the text messages, facebook messages and phone calls from my nieces and nephews.  They’re so caring and loving!

Realizing this morning, that I am a great, great Aunt…  I guess that’s what I am since 3 of my great nieces have had children.  I’ve been researching the correct titles online, but haven’t had any luck so far.  All I’ve learned is that it’s proper to call my great nieces either “great” nieces or “grand” nieces.  No one seems to care what the next generation is called.

Looking forward to a belated birthday celebration tonight with three close friends and my two daughters!  It will be a wild and crazy night of laughter!

I am grateful to everyone who reads my gratitude lists or my blog posts, and especially grateful to those who decide to post their own gratitude lists, either on welovegratitude.com or Facebook or anywhere else!

Gratitude changes your life in a positive way… always.  All you have to do is pay attention!