Gratitude and Joy

Day 103 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Easy Days

There are many of these easy days. I'm so immensely grateful for my easy life and the easy laughter that comes with it. 

Gratitude and Joy

Day 102 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Here Comes the Heat

It’s fun to log into a work call from outside in the sun on a beautiful day when your coworkers are hunkered inside because of a late spring snow. But turnabout is fair play.

Arizona, Gratitude and Joy

Day 101 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Spring Flowers

It’s officially spring and the desert is preparing to burst forth with color.

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Day 100 — A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Taco Tuesday

Seeing a lone tomato on the counter and knowing we had just a bit of lettuce in the fridge, and it being Tuesday, I quickly answered my own question … tacos!

Gratitude and Joy

Day 99 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy -Wisdom Tooth – Two Perspectives

We both were inspired to write about the same event. Enjoy this double perspective on what happened that brought us each gratitude and joy.

Gratitude and Joy

Day 98 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Bunco

When we moved to Arizona, someone asked me if I’d ever played Bunco. That was a new one on me … never heard of it.

Gratitude and Joy, Travel

Day 97 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Vacation Planning

Travel has always filled me with joy and I am struck with the level of gratitude I am feeling now that the world is reopening and I can feed my insatiable wanderlust once again.

Food, Gratitude and Joy

Day 96 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Soups and Stews

By the afternoon, the house smells amazing and both pots are cooling to store until I crave the contents.

Arizona, Gratitude and Joy

Day 95 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – New Neighbors

As our community grows, those of us who’ve been here for a few years watch with amazement as the new homes go up around us.

Gratitude and Joy

Day 94 – A Year of Gratitude and Joy – Patience

... my patient and fun-loving aunt threw in the towel and declared to my mother, “Judy will never learn to knit!” She was right.