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8/2/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for the wonderful former student/ current physician and his family I just spent 6 hours with at DZ Akins.  Fun talk!  Fun friends! Life is good!

8/1/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for a day to catch up (almost).

7/31/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for a wonderful son-in-law.  Happy birthday, Peter! I am grateful I can sleep in a little tomorrow. 

7/30/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for quiet moments after work watching a gazillion hummingbirds at the feeders and eating dinner that I grew in my garden.  Life is good.

7/29/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for a friend’s 7 minutes of a beautiful thunderstorm from a cave in the desert.  I am grateful for a quiet day of writing letters for my students.  I am grateful for another calm summer night.

7/28/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for an afternoon of sharing a lunch and my garden with two wonderful friends who go back a long way.  I am grateful for the phone call from son,Dale, and to hear about his experiences in Haiti (including leaving any clothes he wasn’t wearing).  I am grateful for beautiful summer days and nights.

7/27/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for a day spent with the Sweetwater Zen Center folks and Bernie Glassman.  I am grateful for a wonderful heirloom tomato in my dinner.  I am grateful I will be able to enjoy seeing two folks who have been friends for many years at my house tomorrow.

7/26/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for a warm summer evening listening to Bernie Glassman and seeing old friends at the Sweetwater Zen Center.

7/25/13 Gratitude Journal

I am grateful for my wonderful daughter (happy birthday).  I am grateful for getting rid of a lot of stuff today.  I am grateful for my writing group.

7/24/13 Gratitude Journal

On this day a “few” years ago I was expecting my first child who actually came the next day.  Her dad was racing home from Corcoran where he was starting a new job as an elementary school principal.  The people who were buying our home in Mira Mesa let us stay an extra week until after she was born.  She was so beautiful!  (And still is)