You now the phrase “grasping for straws”? Sometimes finding gratitude can be like that. Over 12 years ago, I had a really terrible personal situation unfold and I was not thankful. At all. And to try and come up with an angle of gratitude on that situation would be desperate …
*This is part of my Grateful November series. Gratitude is powerful. It is #2 to love I think. But what about the downers, how do you find gratitude in the hard things? That’s what my posts will focus on. Well, today is my wedding anniversary. That’s weird isn’t it? …
So my childhood was not what you’d exactly call “ideal”. Divorce, Mental Illness, Abuse in all its ugly forms were way too prevalent to use “ideal” anywhere near those memories. I can be generous now– after years of therapy and God and Oprah– to say they did the best they …
My blogging has slacked off since I started my day job in July and even more so with my new title (end of September). But this is November 1 and significant in a few ways. And I always liked that 30 Days of Gratitude “thing” that goes around Facebook. But …
I used to have to teach teens seeking success in a job. You have to be all the things that make you uncool at school. You have to make eye contact. You have to sit up straight, lean forward, be interested. You have to speak audibly. You have to act …
I’m on speaking terms with more relatives than ever before. This is quite a thing. I was thinking about this and pondering what it was that’s different. And I think I gave up the “should”. They should have done this… They shouldn’t have done that… Now, here’s part of thing: …