1. I kept an extensive gratitude journal while I was gone, but it is so nice to be back on WLG and sending and receiving gratitude digitally!

2. A week-long vacation with my husband

3. Seeing and being in the beautiful atmospheres of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine!

4. The colors, the leaves, the foliage, oh my!

5. Finding the most adorable places to see and meeting the nicest people

6. An unexpected adventure that was practically the highlight of our trip! We car-camped on Saturday night, not realizing the area would be so full of people and the hotels sold out!

7. The actual highlight of our trip, however, was meeting Garrett and his wife Cassie! What fun, open-hearted, loving people!

8. Practically everything we did and saw was near the water- we put our feet in the ocean, took pictures of piers, and crossed countless bridges!

9. Inner travel and change as well as physical travel

10. “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith