#ProjectZen #Day14 #GratitudeProject I used to be one of those wives that kind of expected to be worshiped on Valentine’s Day. You know, the whole dozen red roses and huge box of assorted chocolates, accompanied by the usual gushy card. I’m not even sure why I expected these things. I have no answer for that.…
#ProjectZen #Day13 #GratitudeProject On 1/23/2011, our beloved FRANKLIN “The Zen Master” came to live with us from Kentucky. Quite a few people were instrumental in his transport (drivers and contributors). We found out that he was also the wrong cat after the fact. We were supposed to get Beans (who happens to be Franklin’s litter-mate).…
#ProjectZen #Day12 #GratitudeProject In 2014 I was diagnosed with COPD after two lengthy hospitalizations, at the age of 48. My life, as I knew it, came to a grinding halt (or so I thought at the time). I’m not ready to share the daily living with COPD yet, but I’ll get there. Eventually I will…
#ProjectZen #Day11 #GratitudeProject While my subject on the eleventh day of my gratitude project is rather mundane, I confess that it makes me very happy. There is nothing like a good cup of coffee! It makes a blah morning tolerable. It promotes marital harmony. It turns me into a coherent human being. Sure, a lot…
#ProjectZen #Day10 #GratitudeProject Day 10 of my gratitude project is hard for me to write because it is about those who serve. I don’t want to leave anyone unmentioned, but it is simply not possible for me to specifically include everyone. I’ll do my best to provide examples. I hope this small effort will be…
#ProjectZen #Day9 #GratitudeProject Here we are! Day 9 of my gratitude project! Yay! Memories of my mom don’t just include her wonderful cooking, baking, and canning. Nor the pots of hot tea over games of Chinese checkers. Nor the million of other thing she did, or what we did together. They also include all the…
#ProjectZen #Day8 #GratitudeProject Day 8 of my gratitude project has me walking the halls of my school, where I attended Kindergarten through High School. I’m also frustrated that so many years later, names escape me, despite some of these people having a huge impact on me, and shaping my young mind. I feel compelled…
#ProjectZen #Day7 #GratitudeProject I woke up this morning on Day 7 of my gratitude project, and before I even got out of bed, my mind was turning about just what to write about today. I was coming up with nothing. So I got up, hit the bathroom to attend to private business, wash my…
#ProjectZen #Day6 #GratitudeProject Today I am grateful for Sam, Dean, and Flower. When I look at them…..when I cuddle with them….they bring me great joy, great peace…..they make me happy. I love them very much. You can read more about how they became part of our family here: So, we rescued some kittens.
#ProjectZen #Day5 #GratitudeProject Perhaps I am becoming a grouchy fuddy-duddy (or maybe I have always been one). What passes as popular television viewing at the moment, turns my brain to absolute mush. I just cannot embrace scripted and shallow “reality TV” and find it disheartening that our lowest common denominators as a society are reflected…