Thankful Thursday: The Sushi Roll of Friendship

I had a ridiculous conversation with a friend this week about California rolls that left me feeling grateful. You may wonder how sushi gets you to gratitude. Trust, it was a first for me, too! She was telling me how she was mad at Whole Foods. (Yes, we get mad at non-people.) I, of course,…

Thankful Thursday: Changing Traditions

Last week, I received one of those calls I had been dreading. Not the life-changing tragedy kind of call, just the “things are changing around here, mama,” kind of call. I was driving home from picking up my youngest from volleyball practice when my oldest called. She had just received her work schedule for November…

Thankful Thursday: My Person

Just this week, I was walking and trying to sort out the crazy that was running though my head. I knew I needed my person, but she was busy so I continued to try to walk myself out of the rabbit hole I had fallen into. While I wasn’t entirely successful, I was functioning at a…

Thankful Thursday: Some Books Deserve a Revisit

This week, as I sat back to think about what I was grateful for the usual people and circumstances emerged. Then I began to think about some of the things I have been doing lately. One of them is reading, which led me to the idea of how grateful I am for the two books…

Thankful Thursday: On Borrowed Time

So, at this very moment I am in Nashville. I am on borrowed time, as my hubby just told me, because I was supposed to leave on Tuesday. We arrived on Saturday to visit our middle daughter, the aspiring musician, whom we haven’t seen in three months. We had a fabulous weekend with her and her…