gratitude
in order to offset some of this icky stuff.. i'll post 5 things i'm grateful for:1. I'm incredibly grateful for my friends near and far that support and love me. Some of you I have known for 20+ years, and some of you for 10 and some of you for only a little over a year, and yet it seems like I've known you forever. Incredibly there are a lovely handful of you whom I've never even met in person, but your sweet emails and connection over these wires (and wireless in most cases :) have touched my heart and created a community for me in this internet space I never thought possible. Thank you!!
For the darling friends who look out for me here in San Francisco, thank you. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I have had a couple friends lately calling me to make sure I'm OK.. encouraging me to stop being such a hermit and getting me out, and every time I'm glad I did, and have met some really neat new people.
Thank you to my girlfriends who are calling me and sending me lovin, and even come over in the cold of night to give me a hug when I need one! Thank you!!
I sometimes feel like I don't have the group or the friend base that I thought I would have at this age.. but when I stand back and look at all those around me sending me their love and support.. it warms my heart. Thank you guys!!!
2. Wowie, hard to top that first one (I am really needing friends right now), but there's much to be grateful for in this rich life of mine. I feel so fortunate that I have my health. Thank goodness for the miracle of the human body to fight so hard to keep us alive every day despite some of the crazy things we put it through. Within this thanks I also must give big gratitude to the miracle of my new eyesight!!! It's amazing!!!!
3. I am so thankful for the business I've cultivated over the last year, and I'm so excited for this year ahead of me. I'm so thankful for the awesome, awesome clients I have. Each and every one of them has been such a joy to work with. I couldn't ask for a better career... I'm doing what I love and it's truly wonderful.
4. The safety and security of my little home and all the little things within it. This weekend I had some things taken from me.. and it's made me look around and recount and be grateful for everything I *DO* have. I love my little home and every little sweet piece of my life that it contains. It's my favorite place to be!
5. My family.. as much as family can be so taxing sometimes... and as much as I can (unfortunately) be so short tempered and frustrated (for not being able to help more in all that they're going through)... my family is always there for me. When I visited with my Mom & sister over the holidays.. every day - a couple times a day - my sister would come up to me and hold my hand. And I LOVED that!!! She's so full of love and she's got such a big heart. She gets it from my Mom, too.. who amazes me with her amazing gift of patience, overflowing love and generosity.
It's also meant the world to me to have my step-dad invite me back up to Steamboat, and have him be so loving and sincere about wanting us to stay connected.
My brother in Santa Cruz is awesome.. but right now I miss him like crazy and need to reconnect with him. But quite a timely post this is, because it's his bday today (1/3)!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAX! xoxo
Overall family is an amazing thing. It's pretty heartwarming to know there's this small network out there who will always love you no matter what.
Friends, health, work, home, and family. Here I may have lost a few things this weekend that will cost me a couple hundred dollars to restore.. but to put it all in perspective, I send my love to all those out there who were robbed of more than 1 of these things when the Tsunami hit. My heart and thoughts are with you all every day.
