Making it through the slick, snowy streets
Meeting friends
A South African woman who wanted composting worms, and in a complete fluke I happened to have some with me to give her (long story)
Hearing authentic Afrikkans (sp?)
When my daughter holds hands and runs with her best friend
Hearing native French speakers, so gloriously romantic and swoon-worthy (mon dieu, where was I today?;)
Keeping the home fire burning, literally
Lavender essential oil (why is it essential?)
Warm baby hats
Chocolate
Adventures
Going with the flow on a deeper level than ever before

1. Good news, hopefully
2. Great resource
3. Interesting stories that confirm a bias
4. Our many conveniences
5. Projecting peace instead of fear- if I must imagine a future
6. Joy now
7. Knowing what needs to be done
8. Doing the hard stuff, one foot in front of the other
9. My family
10. And how they bring out my highest self

1. Potentially big changes
2. Calm inside
3. Love
4. Knowing what’s truly important
5. And it’s my family
6. The way moms can see the future
7. And sometimes choose not to
8. Story time
9. Our home
This

1. Thank you for your anniversary wishes, and for being here with gratitude
2. Observing
3. Admitting when I’m wrong
4. Organizational stuff
5. Clean & put away
6. Opening my heart
7. Being online less
8. But making sure to write thank yous when I am
9. Wind and rain
10. This life

1. Five years ago today I published my first list to goodlistdaily. (I later added some earlier lists, but Jan 3 was the start.)
2. Mark and I were newly married, I didn’t yet have children, and I was moved to put my lists up- compelled beyond reason.
3. I remember knowing I was starting something that seemed bigger than me, and I wanted to give it my all.
4. I loved it with my whole heart. I wanted to make it the best thing it could be, so I went searching for something that would let members sign up without my involvement (software)
5. I ended up finding DAP, and in the process learned I should be doing things like “monetizing” and selling ads. I’m nothing if not someone who’ll try everything, so I said ok!
6. And quickly lost the faith and trust and beautiful relationships with my readers and posters. A more perfect and poignant lesson I couldn’t have asked for
7. So I backed off, but the “damage” was done- and only a few faithful souls remained. (Especially after my side trips onto GLD Magazine, merch, etc) And how incredibly grateful I am that you still believed in me!
8. And a few more grateful souls popped in, and my favorite lists roll across my screen many days- Jean, Garrett, Helen, Carol, Rose, and other here&there list-ers…
9. And we have, cumulatively, THOUSANDS of lists to read & reminisce through, to mark te passage of time in our hearts of gratitude
10. And share and love with each other, the community I could never have predicted or dreamed loftily enough to ask for. Thank you, amazing, wonderful, grateful souls! It’s been quite a ride!

1. Some new beginnings, coincidentally
2. Deliberately not making resolutions (I resolved one year to give them up, and it stuck!) (Did that count as a resolution, and if so, did I fail?)
3. Interesting dreams
4. Staying consistent
5. H ate spoonfuls of smoothie today, and it made her so happy
6. Inspiration
7. And being realistic
8. My heart
9. I love how “earth” is “heart” when you move the H
10. Earth

1. Reading so many lists each day! It makes my heart happy. My favorite reading by far
2. Just enough time
3. A wonderful 2014 that brought my dear sweet Hannah (on Ruth’s birthday, no less) and a lovely 5 months with my girls
4. Watching Ava learn and grow, beautifully, with such self confidence
5. Hanging on for the ride with my husband, who does more than I give him credit for and with way less complaining
6. My amazing friends I’ve grown closer to (et volia, you know who you are) and new ones I’ve met, and old ones I cherish
7. My grandma, who is interwoven in my life like a shining blue thread
8. My home, which has become much more homey in the past few years
9. I think this year I grew more as a mom than ever before, I’ve faced more situations than I could predict and had to handle them from my best self (most of time!)
10. 2014, thank you for Hannah, for T&G, for S, for a surprise baby shower, for my doula and S who made it happen, for the end of our veganism, for healthy teeth, for Montessori, for wsj, for that decadent chocolate souffle on my birthday (and the treadmill that arrived on the same day, coincidentally?), for watching Ava open presents on Christmas, for the incredible gift of being home with my girls. Thank you.

1. Shedding all the ick, casting it off with brilliant and hilarious commentary by my dear friend
2. Lovely synchronicity
3. Sleeping babies (will I ever not be grateful for this?)
4. Taking an herbal cold medicine, and my husband makes jokes. “Did you take your sassafras?”
5. My still-but-almost-not 2 year old was watching a symphony on youtube with me today (cheaper than the real thing, and pauses for diaper changes, how nice) and there was a particularly crashing part, where the violins were going crazy and she looked at it and said, “It’s messy right there.” And I died laughing.
6. Also she liked the conductor who told everyone what to do
7. I am learning how to be a better parent; a gentle, more effective educator, and wow, parenting is way more fun when you know what you’re doing. Or, have a matchstick in the cavern, at least.
8. Milk. I didn’t realize how much I missed it til we started eating everything again. Moo.
9. Happy mind, happy heart.
10. The elusive bath, with eucalyptus essential oil. Hooray for happy cleanliness

1. My little ones
2. Seeing our neighbor and her grandbaby
3. Building more castles in the sky
4. What we have
5. What we don’t
6. Our options
7. Dedication to exploring them (what good are options you don’t know about?)
8. New learning games
9. Holding still
10. Going outside

1. Recognizing where I have false self-confidence, and turning toward the real instead
2. The great balance in everything
3. Accepting what is, even when I have a different idea of what should be
4. Maybe sometimes dropping that whole idea
5. Making friends with ugly parts of myself. After all they’re human too
6. Being here, being grateful instead of staying mad
7. What would I do without you, kind souls, who witness each other’s lists day in and day out? What a commitment to gratitude and each other
8. Thank you for that
9. And God, thank you for my overall wonderful life, and forgive my little ungrateful frustrations
10. Thank you for this