All posts by Crystal

Sunday

Gratitude
  1. Walks in the woods with my family
  2. Our grey house-kitty
  3. Unlimited music online
  4. Moving the body
  5. My husband, who’s an amazing dad
  6. 222 Prayers of the Bible – love this
  7. When the pendulum swings back
  8. My dearest beloved friends
  9. Garrett, who I think about with gratitude almost every day, because his books grace every corner of our house. I want to send him a book or fifty, but what do you send to the guy who has them all?
  10. Peace

Gratitude
  1. News that my Gma is back home and recovering
  2. My gpa’s help and humor
  3. My aunt and uncle
  4. The wonders of technology
  5. Planning forward
  6. Fun ideas from miss Carol Bailey Floyd!
  7. Taking time
  8. When everything works out
  9. Rest
  10. This, now

Morning

Gratitude
  1. Up early, which makes for a marvelous day
  2. Meditating
  3. Watching my girls’ faces as they wake up and start their day
  4. Sweet grey kitty
  5. The worlds and worlds created in every little part of the house, as the girls play and imagine
  6. Taking a little break to get other things done
  7. Starting with gratitude
  8. My wonderful family- my immediate family, which is my heart, and my extended family- I’m so grateful and full of love for everyone
  9. This big blue ball which sustains us and connects us and is our marvelous home
  10. This moment

Grateful

Gratitude
  1. For this site and everyone who posts
  2. For the reminder to be grateful
  3. For the myriad good gratitude does for the soul, body, and community
  4. For my family, and especially my mom and dad, who bless me in their unique, perfect ways
  5. For truth
  6. For fur family
  7. For having the ability to put presents under the tree
  8. For Christmas
  9. For this glorious life
  10. Now

This

Gratitude
  1. This article by Dr. Joe Dispenza
  2. All of you, here, committed to gratitude
  3. Watching my girls
  4. Christmas fun
  5. That relaxing feeling after a long day (wait, is this relief, or gratitude? Now I’m grateful for the relief)
  6. Remembering to hang in there and keep going even when it doesn’t seem like anything’s happening yet
  7. Shower inspiration
  8. A huge stack of Christmas books
  9. A beautiful Christmas sign handmade by my grandpa, which I cherish
  10. My favorite Christmas elf, my husband :)

Eve of Gratitude Day

Gratitude
  1. As everyone seems to be turning toward gratitude, I remember to share mine here, which I miss and love
  2. A friend over today, we had a great conversation, and she’s a children’s book lover so I shared with her the new books Garrett sent my way, and she was appropriately enamored :)
  3. Cooked, baked and prepped more than I thought I would for tomorrow- so a little bit of breathing room for the big day
  4. My dear friend S and her husband coming over for dinner tomorrow
  5. Thinking of my family far away and imagining their football watching and boisterous laughing that feels so much like home
  6. Time with my youngest while my oldest is at ballet
  7. Going to apologize but the other person beat me to it, then feeling happy they apologized, and sad I didn’t apologize first- what is a name for that feeling?
  8. Hot wood stove heating the house while the temps drop
  9. My wonderful husband who keeps everything working well
  10. This moment