Today, it’s time for my annual grateful list of 2018. I have made a habit of writing down the things that I am grateful for each year – as many as I am old.  I won’t share my entire list here but I want to share some of them with you to encourage you to think about what you may be grateful for also. Take some time and write them down.

1. Of course, I must start with my family: the Hubby, the Buddy Man, my sister and her family, my parents, my in-laws, GG, aunts, uncles, you get the idea!
2. My friends
3. The Florida sun
4. My Writing Peeps and Supporters: my mom (my biggest writing fan), Taralyn, Stephenie, Angela, Toya, Lucas, Eva, Ms. Harpe, Dr. Hyman, Kem, the Dream Plan Create fam,…
5. Books, books, and more books
6. Playing Dominos with my brother-in-law
7. Tuesday Morning Play Dates for the Buddy Man and me. Mostly for me.
8. Clean sheets
9. Lower blood pressure measurements
10. Barnes & Noble, Bridgstreet, Huntsville
11. GG’s 80^th Birthday Surprise
12. #write31days: This Bookman: Meditations & Miscellany. I didn’t think that I could write for 31 days straight on the blog but I did it!
13. My home
14. The 15^th Annual Liz Hurley Ribbon Run. I am so glad that I didn’t skip it this year
15. Dental cleanings
16. Katie & Travis
17. Jigsaw puzzles
18. The whispers of my soul, “the voice of God”
19. Sister, Sister phone calls
20. Trips to Daytona Beach, Miami, and Las Vegas
21. The power of a story
22. Meeting Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Anne Bogel, in person!!!
23. Rocket City Mom Book Club
24. Time and space to breathe

I’m grateful for this creative journey – writing through the fear. I’m grateful for the lessons that I have learned and the progress toward living the life that I feel called to live this year.  I am grateful for all of you, my readers. And I leave you with my favorite quote for this time of year.

Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.” -Dennis Prager

Happy Thanksgiving!