Today, I am grateful.....

so, here's why....

life delivers things you don't expect, sometimes.

usually, I find myself totally unprepared....

But,

I have learned

that when I've been blind-sided,

I can get out my toolkit of chaos busters.....

My Gratitude list is the best on I can think of when I have nothing else to say.....

so, here tis....

I am eternally grateful for coffee

I am grateful for roses.....

and sunflowers...

of course, the beach....and sun....and quiet....

I am so very, sincerely, honestly grateful for my sweetie....

and magnolias....

and waterlilies.....

hydrangeas....by the bucket full!!

pasta.....;-)

homegrown tomatoes.....

and, as Wallace says, "CHEESE!"....

and bread.....(I am noticing a pattern here....)

and different types of CHEESE!

from assorted countries.....(thank you Whole Foods)

and lastly (but never leastly, is that a word?)

Chocolate!

There, I feel much better now....

don't you?

now

I 

can 

smile.

Angels......

Angels have been placed in my life.
I am absolutely sure of this.
Really.
I have felt that my grandmother Bess has always been my "guardian angel". But this is different. I have people, alive and breathing, that gently cruise in and out of my life, with regularity, providing me with curiosity, love, serenity, adventure, etc.. Actually all of the things that make life worth living. Interesting people. People with lives so different from my own, that I am intrigued. It is like God's little treat, just for me. I wake up these days just thinking "What is in store for me today?". And, I am almost never bored. This is an important aspect of this phenomenon.
Leos, of which I am one, really, really hate to be bored. We make mischief when we are bored, and that is almost never the good kind of mischief.
This "turning 50" has been the best year of my life. I am so grateful for the opportunity to see things differently. To appreciate the quiet small aspects of life that give it meaning. So grateful.....