So how are you all doing friends?  I think now it is appropriate to say it’s okay to not be okay.  2020 is a year that just continues to hand out the hits.    Here we are in the middle of the mess that could only be a Presidential Election in 2020.  I keep wondering what lessons are we supposed to be learning from this collective experience of living through a global pandemic and the toll that 2020 seems to be taking on all of us.  I can’t begin to express or understand all that many are feeling tonight as we wait to see how this latest chapter will end.  I won’t even begin to try. 

Instead I am going to stick to my nightly gratitude list, while I continue to sketch a more detailed post on where I am in life.  I hope that this evening you are still able to find something good in the day.  Today I am grateful for: 

1. I am grateful for renewed connections with old friends 
2. That social media can bring people together when used properly 
3. The brilliance of Schitt’s Creek, yes I am taking a break from my Hallmark Christmas Movies tonight 
4. That even though I made mistakes today, I get to try again tomorrow 
5. A good yoga practice 
6. Colleagues that continue to inspire and amaze me 
7. A good salad for dinner
8. The miracle of making beans in the insta pot 
9. I have a good job, and while it can be stressful I love my work 
10. Christmas lights on my patio