All posts by Crystal

Updates & Congrats!

  1. Congrats to Mary Ellen and her long and beautiful career. Enjoy retirement!
  2. Took some time to update the site today- please be aware that you won’t get an email now when someone comments on your posts- that plugin was old and causing a security issue
  3. Grateful that my family is healthy- we self-quarantined for a week thinking my husband may have had it but tested negative. Hooray!
  4. Doing extreme gratitude in my journal again- makes for a more memorable, savored day
  5. This beloved site has been such a balm to my heart over the years, thank you all for being here!
  6. Spending so much time outside in the fresh air, feeling the breeze, watching the daily interactions of the robins, bluebirds, cardinals and chickadees
  7. The honor of helping so many dear friends with their projects
  8. Hearing my daughters play music
  9. Open heart
  10. Quiet work time

Monday rain

  1. Online camp for the girls- something fun to learn without being in a group
  2. So much learning to do
  3. Facing my discomfort
  4. Dear friends
  5. Streamlining my workload
  6. Satisfying endings
  7. Instruments in the house- a dream when I was little, now realized
  8. My friend’s book will be published soon, what a journey it’s been
  9. K’s kindness and understanding
  10. M’s encouragement of my work
  11. Community
  12. Collaboration
  13. Smaller “i” bigger “we”

Thank you

  1. Having hard conversations
  2. No longer willing to wait for things to go away- but work diligently for them to stop
  3. Voting with more intention and savvy
  4. An aching heart
  5. Quietly working, working
  6. and not shirking
  7. Opening my eyes
  8. Knowing that solidarity is action
  9. This wave of change
  10. This

Snowy Gratitude

  1. Mary Ellen’s blue post
  2. Sterling’s stunning gratitude
  3. Katharine’s arrows of truth
  4. Richards faithfulness
  5. Karen’s exuberance
  6. Ian’s abundance
  7. Jean’s gifts of story and grace
  8. This beautiful community
  9. All the amazing energy you’re putting out into the world
  10. The honor of being here with you

Morning

  1. Waking up to a dusting of snow
  2. A couple of hours later, the air is full of wet, silent snow falling, our home a snow globe
  3. Couch corner, heavy blanket, not moving
  4. A day of learning and fun with my dearest ones
  5. The sounds of a bustling home
  6. Reading
  7. Tchaikovsky dance practice, violin practice, all the sounds of this time of year
  8. My own homework
  9. A group of incredible support
  10. This moment

The Art of Life

  1. The moment we turn towards gratitude and everything inside changes. As Mary Ellen said in her recent post,
  2. An incredible gift of a shocking situation last week- I have the ability to bounce back, to use it as a spring board, to go forward with more freedom and light- and lightness- instead of despondency
  3. Thanks to the incredible women who rallied around me, who sent and continue to send uplifting messages, who let me know they were there for me no matter what. Creative, Spiritual Women.
  4. And to God, who I turned the situation over to again and again, grateful for the ability to give it instead of control it
  5. For the resources that have come into my life, I am continuously supported by exactly what I need
  6. For Mary Ellen, who’s gratitude lists continue to delight and inspire me
  7. My daughters, who continually delight and inspire me to be a better person
  8. Technology and those who use it for good
  9.  Flowers
  10. “As wise women and men in every culture tell us: The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.” -Gloria Steinem,  Revolution from Within

 

 

Oct 10

  1. The honor and privilege of being with my daughters
  2. Doing big work in the world that’s a stretch to reach but inspiring beyond myself
  3. Being inspired by you here- Katharine, Mary Ellen, Jean, Richard, Ian, Karen, to name a few
  4. Honoring the wisdom of my family
  5. Sending love for it all- the support and the challenges
  6. Books- I owe so much to books
  7. The amazing mentors in my life
  8. Watching a monarch glide past as I pause to appreciate this moment
  9. Ah, the metaphors
  10. This, thank you God, for this

Gratitude

  1. Hot summer days
  2. Routines
  3. Finding what we needed at another store
  4. Lovely candles
  5. Hannah’s amazing questions “Do cats know what ‘I love you’ means?”
  6. Focused work time
  7. Focused husband time
  8. Gifts from MT in the mail
  9. Inspiration
  10. Ease

Morning Gratitude

  1. Early to rise
  2. Garrett’s garden photos
  3. Gma’s colorful and thoughtful lists
  4. The way gratitude rewires your brain
  5. Sweet family, sweet life, sweet friends
  6. Writing
  7. Commitment
  8. Our home culture
  9. Mary Ellen’s poignant lists
  10. The honor to be here among so many amazing list authors, incredible humans 💓