Stories

Gratitude can come to you in many forms.

Sometimes in large events, others in tiny moments.

Sometimes through an interaction with a person you love, other times with a complete stranger.

Sometimes that gratitude is enough to get you through the next moment, other times you draw strength from it for years.

Here are some stories about when I have found gratitude. I hope that you find some value in them!

Waiting for the Truck - It took him about 30 minutes to completely destroy our driveway. The job foreman left him at our house in the morning to do demolition. He, the Bobcat Skid-Steer and the hydraulic breaker quickly made our old driveway and sidewalk look like an earthquake site. I watched him skillfully zoom around, dragging the tip of […]
Grateful to Wash Dishes? - You can allow life to happen, or you can make it happen. Washing dishes – not my favorite activity. It needs to be done, but it feels like wasted life. However, there are two things that my husband and I have done to make kitchen work, like washing dishes, an opportunity to create gratitude rather […]