Gratitude Journal

Tonight I am grateful for friends willing to do far more than is required in accordance with the standard laws of friendship. Last night, my friend, Jeff, and I spent three hours unclogging my kitchen sink. This involved snaking the pipe for than 30 feet, a trip to Home Depot for a wrench, and near…

Tonight I am grateful that my wife is home again after a four day, three night stay in the hospital. I missed Elysha while she was gone. My evenings were decidedly less fun in her absence. I know a lot of people who say that they enjoy having the house to themselves from time to…

Tonight I am grateful for the ability to function with little sleep. With Elysha in the hospital for the past four days with a placental abruption, I have found myself doing laundry, washing dishes, making lunches, walking the dog, working out at the gym, writing, editing, shopping  for groceries, planning lessons, and responding to correspondence…

Tonight I am grateful to my unborn child, who has chosen to remain inside Mommy’s womb for a least a little while longer. At 36 weeks, there is no real danger to delivering the baby now even though the actual due date is a month away, but still, we would prefer that this baby be…

Tonight I am grateful for dressing my daughter well, which is no easy feat for me. On both Saturday and Sunday, I was charged with choosing the outfit that Clara would wear for the day. Elysha left early on both mornings, and so I was left on perilous footing. In fact, I was specifically instructed…

Tonight I am grateful for Brenda Copeland, my editor and friend. I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with Brenda at the Newburyport Literary Festival.  When we weren’t speaking on a panel or cavorting with other authors and editors, we spent the rest of the weekend dining and chatting about bookish things. We even…