Today I am grateful for:
Being inducted as the president of the Soroptimists Club in Monroe. It is a women's service club focused on issues related to women and girls. Soroptimist means "Best for Women"
Having great ideas about how to motivate the club members, attract new members, create worthwhile service projects and have a great time. Our theme for the year will be "Live Your Dream." Really, what else could it be.
My sister and her husband planning to visit for two days this coming week. I am very excited to show them what Detroit has to offer.
Reading about Michelle and Craig's new joint love of Seattle. Two people after my own heart. The fact that they are models inspirational living is great too. :-)
Going to a Tiger's game with Leo tonight. He is bringing his brother which is so cool.
Yoga
Having a conversation with Barb about how her professional circle is growing. She is out there making a difference in this world, one heart at a time.
TLC graduation on Monday night and the opportunity to re-connect with people who have been a part of the center since the beginning but have not been around for a while.
Meeting Anna's Matthew. Very handsome. Not that looks are everything. haha
Hot, Hot summer days
Reunion plans
Each and every one of you that reads this list. Each and every one of you that sends a list for me to read, especially on the days when I am super busy or feeling in a funk and don't do my own list.
Virtual hugs and real life hugs. Free hugs and the ones you have to pay 10 years old for.
Kari
Friday, June 29, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Clarity
Today I am grateful for:
Knowing that the times when a gratitude list is the last thing I want to do are the times I can benefit from it the most.
Knowing that even when I am feeling loss, I have so much to be grateful for
Friends who reach out and are willing to really hear
Gentle, loving reminders of what I already know
I don't have to know the how, just the why and there is always a way
Plans to go to a baseball game with Leo and guest
Sarah giving our turtle a spacious new home
E-mails and photos from MJT
Plans for a WG picnic/reunion
A wonderful trip to the pacific northwest
Visiting MJT on her new island home and having such a good time. We ate lunch, went to the whale museum, walked around and looked in galleries, had drinks on the third floor patio looking out over the marina, watched ferries coming and going, stayed in a great inn, ate italian while listening to live jazz, played cards, drove out to a state park with walking trails and an old light house, saw dear, looked for whales, talked, shared, bonded..... all within 24 hours. Life is so damn good.
8 days with my Mom. We took a very long car ride from Seattle to Boise for our family reunion..
A tour of where I spent my early childhood, our first house, the elementary school I attended etc... Seeing that my memories are not very accurate. The house was much smaller than I remember and did not even have the porch I remember. According to my mom and aunt, it never did. hmmmm
Driving by my childhood friend Judy Mack's house and seeing that it is a big house but not the mansion I thought it was as a kid.
A tour of my Mom's childhood neighborhood in Boise.
Lots of time to get to know my mom's cousins and their families. Missing my Grandpa while at his house.
Going through a box of old pictures and finding out that my Grandpa had kept every card and letter he received from us over the years. I read letters I had written in elementary school and letters Taylor and my neices had written when they were barely able to write. My grandma gave me two clay angels Taylor made when she was 5 that have been hanging on the posts of their bed for 16 years. She also gave me an antique seltzer bottle my Dad gave to my Grandpa back in the early 70's.
Great novels to read on planes and while sitting in the back yard.
My knowing that I will live in the pacific northwest again. I can manifest it.
All of you and how reading your lists uplift me even when I don't write a list of my own.
Hugs and endless gratitude for your friendship
Kari
Knowing that the times when a gratitude list is the last thing I want to do are the times I can benefit from it the most.
Knowing that even when I am feeling loss, I have so much to be grateful for
Friends who reach out and are willing to really hear
Gentle, loving reminders of what I already know
I don't have to know the how, just the why and there is always a way
Plans to go to a baseball game with Leo and guest
Sarah giving our turtle a spacious new home
E-mails and photos from MJT
Plans for a WG picnic/reunion
A wonderful trip to the pacific northwest
Visiting MJT on her new island home and having such a good time. We ate lunch, went to the whale museum, walked around and looked in galleries, had drinks on the third floor patio looking out over the marina, watched ferries coming and going, stayed in a great inn, ate italian while listening to live jazz, played cards, drove out to a state park with walking trails and an old light house, saw dear, looked for whales, talked, shared, bonded..... all within 24 hours. Life is so damn good.
8 days with my Mom. We took a very long car ride from Seattle to Boise for our family reunion..
A tour of where I spent my early childhood, our first house, the elementary school I attended etc... Seeing that my memories are not very accurate. The house was much smaller than I remember and did not even have the porch I remember. According to my mom and aunt, it never did. hmmmm
Driving by my childhood friend Judy Mack's house and seeing that it is a big house but not the mansion I thought it was as a kid.
A tour of my Mom's childhood neighborhood in Boise.
Lots of time to get to know my mom's cousins and their families. Missing my Grandpa while at his house.
Going through a box of old pictures and finding out that my Grandpa had kept every card and letter he received from us over the years. I read letters I had written in elementary school and letters Taylor and my neices had written when they were barely able to write. My grandma gave me two clay angels Taylor made when she was 5 that have been hanging on the posts of their bed for 16 years. She also gave me an antique seltzer bottle my Dad gave to my Grandpa back in the early 70's.
Great novels to read on planes and while sitting in the back yard.
My knowing that I will live in the pacific northwest again. I can manifest it.
All of you and how reading your lists uplift me even when I don't write a list of my own.
Hugs and endless gratitude for your friendship
Kari
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Happy Thought for June 6, 2007
You are never to old to wear a candy necklace. When you feel like something sweet just take a bite. Hmmm.... Life is a little like that too I guess.
growth and healing
Today, and this past week, I am grateful for:
Spring rain- I love sitting on the porch and watching it pour down. It smells wonderful and you can practically see the plants smile as they open up and soak it in.
Getting all of my flower pots filled and some tomatoes planted. Knowing that Scott and Sam will take good care of them while I am out of town.
Scott asking me out on a dinner date before I leave for Washington.
Sam healing very well after his surgery. I know he will be fine while I am gone. He was able to walk some yesterday and today came down the stairs on his own.
Scott's Dad calling almost everyday to see how Sam is doing.
Having a childlike reaction to my Mom simply saying "oh" when I called to tell her that Sam had surgery. I am grateful for my ability to see my reaction as part of my old pain of feeling unnurtured as a child. The truth is that Sam does not expect that from her. I still have a mental list of what she "should" do but I know it is my list and not hers.
Really seeing my Mom as the wounded person she is. She does not know how to make connections or reach out to people but she does love very deeply. I see this fear and resistance in myself and I am working to change it. I am grateful for all that she is and does and choose not to focus on the lack. I will be making a 12 hour drive through three states with my Mom next week so I am very grateful to have the time to get centered about this.
My trip to Washington/Oregon/Idaho: Seeing Michelle in her whale filled paradise, going to a big cook out/camp out at my sisters house, spending a LOT of time with my Mom and seeing my step-grandmother along with many extended relatives.
Our first yoga session at the center.
Michelle's blog and photos of her adventure. I love Washington and I love Michelle for sharing it all with us. Pure beauty
English muffins with peanut butter and bananas
Ferry rides
Flower gardens and shade trees.
Friendships that just are.
Spring rain- I love sitting on the porch and watching it pour down. It smells wonderful and you can practically see the plants smile as they open up and soak it in.
Getting all of my flower pots filled and some tomatoes planted. Knowing that Scott and Sam will take good care of them while I am out of town.
Scott asking me out on a dinner date before I leave for Washington.
Sam healing very well after his surgery. I know he will be fine while I am gone. He was able to walk some yesterday and today came down the stairs on his own.
Scott's Dad calling almost everyday to see how Sam is doing.
Having a childlike reaction to my Mom simply saying "oh" when I called to tell her that Sam had surgery. I am grateful for my ability to see my reaction as part of my old pain of feeling unnurtured as a child. The truth is that Sam does not expect that from her. I still have a mental list of what she "should" do but I know it is my list and not hers.
Really seeing my Mom as the wounded person she is. She does not know how to make connections or reach out to people but she does love very deeply. I see this fear and resistance in myself and I am working to change it. I am grateful for all that she is and does and choose not to focus on the lack. I will be making a 12 hour drive through three states with my Mom next week so I am very grateful to have the time to get centered about this.
My trip to Washington/Oregon/Idaho: Seeing Michelle in her whale filled paradise, going to a big cook out/camp out at my sisters house, spending a LOT of time with my Mom and seeing my step-grandmother along with many extended relatives.
Our first yoga session at the center.
Michelle's blog and photos of her adventure. I love Washington and I love Michelle for sharing it all with us. Pure beauty
English muffins with peanut butter and bananas
Ferry rides
Flower gardens and shade trees.
Friendships that just are.
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