Gratitude; giving thanks; counting our blessings: sometimes it comes with ease and sometimes not so much. This year for me, it’s the latter.
Oh, sure, I know I have so much for which to be grateful, the list including:
- a great guy who is always there for me (not to mention my in-laws that luckily came as part of the package);
- my two cats who follow and cuddle and fetch better than their canine counterparts;
- my Blueberry Hill Cottage that stills my soul;
- my memories of our recent “trip of a lifetime” to Africa;
- a day job with so much purpose and promise;
- great friends, the kind that even if we haven’t chatted in a long while, we pick up as if no time whatsoever has passed;
- and so much more…
For all of it, I do, indeed, give thanks.
And, yet, I struggle to understand why I am feeling so lacking (for lack of a better word). [Read more…]
