I wrote a blog entry for my church women blog so here it is:

I wrote a blog entry for my church women blog so here it is:
. . . don’t have to be scary.
My top reads for 2018:
A thing in nature I am grateful for…
Seasons. Grateful for when winter turns to spring and when summer turns to autumn.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A promise I am thankful for…
that we will remain faithful to each other.