
I am grateful for the feelings that are felt when I finish cleaning the bathroom and everything is sparkly.
I am grateful for 76 degree partly cloudy no wind days.
I am grateful for children’s books that make me poor.
I am grateful for a fly swatter.
I am grateful for an after-dark walk with Sam and close friends.
I am grateful that I do not have a clothes-mending pile.
I am grateful for online radio to keep me company while I work.
I am grateful for a yellow finch in the tree.
I am grateful the irises are blooming now that the lilacs are done.
I am grateful for sleepy Natia while the new porch roof is constructed right outside my windows.
I am grateful my sister is on her way home from China.
I am grateful I am not one of those guys on the roof in the sun.
And I am grateful for Jiffy Burger, our substitute for McDonald’s and our version of the old Dairy King on 4th Street.