#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 #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…
#ProjectZen #Day3 #GratitudeProject No gratitude project would be true and complete without this man. The love of my life. My husband. My best friend. We love. We fuss and squabble. We learn. We forgive. We’re in this for the long haul, good and bad, come what may. Every single thing he does, he does for…
My mom passed away in October 2007, the day of her funeral left us unexpectedly blessed.