Abundance of gratitude

To keep me grounded is to myself of what is truly important; gratitude for the simple things.

Today I am grateful for
...the blessings that a rather substantial bonus from work brings

A lovely soon to be unexpected blessing

I have been buying cage free eggs from the market.


What could be even better...cage free eggs, not from the market but from one who raises chickens.

Disneyland Ticket Books

My first trip to Disneyland...1961; just a few years after it first opened. I was 4 and I went with my dad and grandmother. My mom stayed home as she was pregnant with my sister.

Of course I don't remember my first trip...but the memory is forever etched in picture slides. Growing up in So. California...a trip to Disneyland was not just for vacations and so 1961 was just the first year of many more to come.

My fondest memory is not the rides nor the food nor even Mickey Mouse...but the ticket books. Tickets with either A, B, C, D or E on it. Different tickets for different rides...E ticket being the best.

Marineland

A vintage long forgotten childhood memory.

I am not a avid reader...

never the less my favorite kind of books are those



that bring the beauty of the past back;

even if it is only

on my bookshelf.

Yet there are times when a certain photo on a page

brings back a distant memory.

A treasure of primary colors

Growing up my mother had a set of Pyrex mixing bowls just like these ones...minus the small blue one.

I do believe my fondness for mixing bowls was born from my mothers kitchen... some 45 years ago.

Abundance of gratitude...

for Tuesday

To keep me grounded is to remind myself of what is truly important; gratitude for the simple things.

Today I am immensly grateful (more than words can express) for
...the new health care bill and the daughter who is now covered under my health insurance from work until she is 26

My heart felt thank you...President Obama

Note to self

A little over 3 years ago I made this journal enty. Today it is a gentle reminder.

To be truly blessed is to live life with no regrets. Who knew it would be cancer, that would bestow this upon me. How truly blessed I am. There is certainly, no amount of time, that is guaranteed for any of us, on this earth. For me the odds that tomorrow, may never come, has such clarity. I am at high risk for cancer to return.

Living with no regrets is saying no, and knowing that is okay. It is no longer pushing down my emotions; as I now freely speak my mind. It is living life, where I put myself first, and knowing that, that is okay. It is surrounding my being, with the beauty, that I may never see. It is about embracing my soul with a abundance of humor, every chance I get.

Living with no regrets is hugging my precious daughter, every day and ...having many, many Rory and Lorelai moments.