Journaling Gratitude Through a Crisis

My son bought me a gratitude journal this past Christmas. I’ve always recommended the use of gratitude journals but, admittedly, thought that I didn’t need them since I trend toward realistic optimism as my normal modus operandi.   However, this was the year that started out…weird. From the beginning moments of 2024, I started asking…

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Just look at us now!

My day began with a visit with my husband who had been in the hospital. Life had become a heavy burden for him and he wasn’t recovering well.

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How Great Thou Art

It was almost April and one news station reported that our city had had a mere forty hours of sunlight since October! It had been the darkest five months of my life.

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Unusual Day…Unusual Task…Promising Outcome

My day did not start out to be unusual. It started leisurely with coffee and my dachshund perched on my lap.

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