Very Grateful for~~
~The Cross
~Thermal Blanket from Amelia
~Seeing the book author at his store and the warm memories he recalled from a long-ago public event with Dad. (What a memory he has!)
~New Year’s Day Black-eyed peas made more welcoming with skillet-fried, chopped pancetta
~the goal of figuring out ways to “be pancetta” to others
~Hebrews 9:12
~that the parsley, onions, sage, strawberries, rosemary, and mint survived the hard freeze
~Relief and Realization: Relief upon learning from my neighbor that my car battery was dead not because of bad ignition switch or exotically malfunctioning wires, but because I left one of the doors ajar. Also grateful for the realization that often, a college degree provides immunity from common sense.

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”  ~Doris Day