My top reads for 2018:
My Top Ten Reads in 2018
11/29
A thing in nature I am grateful for…
Seasons. Grateful for when winter turns to spring and when summer turns to autumn.
11/28
A goal I am thankful for…
I am thankful for the goal of growing, learning, changing, expanding, deepening. I never want to think there’s nothing left to learn or no reason to strive for changing.
11/27
A friend I am thankful for…
So many. My high school years – Elena and Nancy and Judy and Renee. My 20s, Maryann and Judy and Betty and Laura. My 30s – Linda and Vera and Marisa and Terry and Shelly. My 40s – Terry and Amber and Sonnie and Pam. My 50s – Suzanne and Judy and Kaye and Melissa and and and and …. and now, turning 60 – my daughter/friends are so important.
And my sister – through all the decades. The lifetime friend.
11/26
An animal I am thankful for…
I don’t have any animals but have fond memories of Charlotte – the dog of my childrens’ childhood. And Tess – the special friend of my daughters.
They were special animals.
11/25
A challenge I’m thankful for…
I’m not usually thankful for challenges. Wait – I’m never thankful for challenges.
Maybe the most challenging thing I’ve experienced was becoming a nurse and that first year. So I am thankful I made that journey, because it brought me to doing what I do now. A job, vocation, hobby, most rewarding daily activity of supporting moms becoming moms.
11/24
A promise I am thankful for…
that we will remain faithful to each other.
11/23
A teacher I am thankful for. . .
One of my nursing instructors told me that I am indeed a leader since I had a family I was leading. (when I denied that I was a leader)
Another teacher I’m thankful for – at Germanna (finishing my BSN), I took a class I thought was about the history of philosophy, but ended up requiring consideration of what I thought about philosophical concepts. The course was so enjoyable and I enjoyed getting to know the instructor, too.
11/22
Thanksgiving: A moment from today I’m thankful for…
seeing family together, having my parents still here. Siblings together. Grandchildren. People.
11/21
A treasure I am grateful for…
I tend to “treasure” time and words from people I love, more than objects as treasures. Yes, do like things, too – but try to remain aware that things are just things.
