Gratitude Project 2014

Today I am grateful for memory.

Gratitude Project 2014

Today I am grateful that it is Friday, and I have a three day weekend (though it's a busy one!)!

Gratitude Project 2014

Today is my husband's birthday! :) I am grateful that he is my partner and my best friend. That he completely accepts me for who I am and respects me even when we don't agree. That he makes me laugh and delights in making me happy. That sometimes we react and say the exact same things. That he walks with me and holds my hand. That he says I am beautiful no matter how gross I feel. I love you!

Gratitude Project 2014

Today I am grateful for my cat Finnegan. He registers on the neurotic end of the cat personality spectrum but he has to be one of the sweetest cats I've ever known. He has an evening routine with me that involves curling up next to me when I lay down in bed and demanding that I pet him for awhile before I fall asleep. You can read all over his little face that he thinks it's the Best. Thing. Evar. The sense I get of my existence making a living creature so happy when I struggle to do so with people sometimes is very comforting. His unconditional love and adoration has been with me from the day we went into Petco to buy food for our other cat and he reached out of his cage and grabbed my hand with his paws.

Gratitude Project 2014

It is my mother's birthday today, and every year on this day my thoughts and gratitude are of her. She who carried me, bore me, held me, nursed me, raised me, taught me (and still teaches me), and watched me grow. Today I am grateful to be her daughter, and to always be held in her love. Happy birthday, Momma!

Gratitude Project 2014

8/3/14: Today I am grateful for a lovely brunch at a castle (no joke) with friends to celebrate a particular friend's birthday, and for a lovely Lammas ritual with my CUUPS group to celebrate the first harvest!

8/4/14: Today I am grateful the quiet and cool morning, and a fresh, full flavored cup of coffee in my raven mug. Happy Monday!

Gratitude Project 2014

The Gratitude Project runs from Lammas to Mabon. It entails you being mindful of whatever brings you Joy and you journal what you are grateful for each day between those Sabbats. No repeats - you can be grateful for your spouse/kids/job/friends, but the reason for the gratitude needs to be different for each entry. It can BIG or not, your journal/blog entry can be long or short. It can be on paper or in pixels and public or private. A daily focused devotional work that runs from first to second harvest is a lovely and useful thing, what better to carry us into the dark half of the year than being mindful for all we have to be grateful for?

8/1/14: I am grateful I let my husband talk me into going to see Guardians of the Galaxy last night. GREAT movie. I laughed until my stomach hurt.

8/2/14: I am grateful for the sweet patron at my husband's community library who shared his first harvest with us-a bag of big, fat, long green beans. When I got home from the grocery store I cleaned and parboiled them, then sauteed them with a little butter, olive oil, lemon thyme, and lots of sliced garlic. This is a dish of my grandmere's, and it is one of my favorite things on the planet. French comfort food. I retrieved our first harvest of the season this morning--4 red tomatoes. We also have a jalapeno that's ready to pick. I see BLTs in my future!