I am grateful for a new book, Penguin Problems, about complaining and recognizing the blessings all around us.

I am grateful to be able to see the whitest white of snow on a sunny afternoon.

I am grateful the convenience of trash service.

I am grateful for crunchy peanut butter.

I am grateful for work done.

I am grateful for a new birthday coat, pink roses, butterfly chimes, Turkish lamps, and a stack of KitKat bars.

I am grateful for the convenience of defrost via microwave when I forget to take steaks out of the freezer.

And I am grateful for the walruses in my life who knock a little sense back into me when I complain.