New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; an exercise to help us hunt the good that is in our lives and in the world, even in the midst of a pandemic. Well, it seems I forgot to do one of these last week. (Update: I looked back and I […]

New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; an exercise to help us hunt the good that is in our lives and in the world, even in the midst of a pandemic. Normally my Thankful Thursday posts are sort of random, but today I have a theme: summer/hot weather. I’m […]

New here? Thankful Thursday is something we’ve been doing in these COVID times; an exercise to help us hunt the good that is in our lives and in the world, even in the midst of a pandemic. This week I am thankful: for a kid who drives. Yesterday I realized we were out of both […]

In an Instagram post earlier this week, I mentioned a Forbes article about the scientifically proven benefits of gratitude. Among other things, gratitude improves your mental and physical health, enhances empathy, reduces aggression, and improves your sleep. All this for the low, low price of $0! Gratitude is such a bargain. And maybe because it’s […]

Things are hard in the world right now for multiple reasons, so we’ve been doing weekly thankful posts around here. Even in the midst of hard times, there is always something to be grateful for if we hunt hard enough, and this weekly post is our chance to hunt together. Sonia got her learner’s permit. […]

Because heaven knows we all could use one. America is a mess, the world is a mess, and we are probably all individual messes too.   So, it seems like a very good week to not skip a Good Things post. In the messiness and brokenness, there are good and encouraging things still happening, and […]