gratitudes

we talk about thanksgiving as a time to reflect, to give thanks, and that is well and good. but, man, i wish we (as a family, as a society, as a culture) made a priority of gratitude daily. my friend just shared this podcast with me, and it's about attitudes of gratitude and the reflections of a stroke survivor. it's so good: you should give it the full 40 minutes to listen to it.

 the kids brought home some gratitudes that they worked on at school in anticipation of thanksgiving, and they are beautiful. ramona is grateful for her teacher, for puppies, for her family, and her friends.

james is grateful for ben (our cat, represented here with a bird in his mouth....), and i think our family is kind of represented there.

and james, true to form, is also grateful for his skateboard and ramona.

me? i'm grateful for life, my life and all of it's beauty and mess and interconnectedness and people, and for today, and all the days that went before, and however many days i have to come.