Like the kid I just saw on his electric scooter whizzing down the street with the wind blowing his blonde hair back and the morning sun shining in his face…

emotions are hitting me as that breeze did his face.

I am grateful today for my boss friend Karen, with the most tender heart who felt my emotions and wanted to help.

I am grateful today for my other boss friend Ken, with the soft heart who needed to share his story that related, so I would know we are not on an island.

I am grateful today for Geri, because she took the time out of her very busy day to email me and give me an update on life in Oklahoma, and she takes time in the mornings to text out her devotions and send to me, because she feels the prompting of the Holy Spirit to do so.

I am grateful today for a husband who never stops dreaming, never stops planning, never stops, period.

I am grateful today for the beautiful home I am privileged to call mine.

I am grateful today for the softest fur, the calmingest purr, the silliest play, the happiest little cat grins during a chin scratch or ear rub, the hilarity of aluminum ball fetch because you’d think they were dogs, and the joy these two bring.

I am grateful today for Brigitte, because she made me feel loved when she included me in a sister conversation about her decision to wear a mask in this small town USA that doesn’t.

I am grateful today to be at work on a day when we should have been on the road enjoying the views of Colorado or Minnesota and points in between. If I have to be disappointed, at least I can be disappointed and do what I love to do at a job I love to have.

I am grateful today for hope when my heart has been broken, for light at the end of a tunnel, for a reminder that the worst thing is never the last thing, for Mom’s voice saying, “This too shall pass.”