I am now two days back on track, not back on THE track, more like on the street, sidewalk, trail. I still need to work on starting an hour earlier…holiday weekends are lazy…but if I had walked an hour earlier this morning, I would have missed this gift God gave to me and me alone. I was the only one in this place at this moment to see His beautiful landscape from this perspective.

Today, I am grateful for an extra hour of sleep, and I am grateful Sam stayed asleep and didn’t wake up as I was gathering all the things in the bedroom to go morning walking, and I am grateful I didn’t forget my phone so that I could take the picture, and I am grateful for a fitness watch that allows me to pause my trek long enough to stop along the trail to take a picture and awe a little, and I am grateful for a few less ice patches in the street and on the sidewalks, and I am grateful for a great Audible book to keep me company and make me forget that I have no feeling in my legs in the 20 degree air, and I am grateful for new gloves that work well to keep my hands warm, and I am grateful I remembered tissues for the ever present bitter cold runny nose, and I am grateful for a healed leg so I can walk again, and I am grateful for a beautiful new granddaughter who is healthy and gives me one more reason to love harder and be grateful.