With our stay-at-home order, it is easy to get grumbly. To combat this negative thinking, I am listing 10 reasons for being grateful. I hope you enjoy these, and why not give it a try?
10 Reasons for Being Grateful
I always wanted a window.
I am grateful for now having an “office” with a window…and a view. (My kitchen table is now my desk, and I have a lovely view of the backyard outside my sliding glass door.)
I am grateful that I can have fresh flowers on my table. These flowers are free and from my own backyard. They seem like such a small thing, but they brighten my “desk” and remind me that spring really is coming.
I am grateful that my daughter sewed 156 local-hospital-approved masks and gave me two. Most of the rest were donated to local facilities. Since I had a mask, I finally went to a store yesterday after over a month of staying at home. My mask kept me fashionable and safe.
She selflessly sewed those masks night and day and generously donated them to essential workers. And…when a delivery man from Amazon came, he got a mask. The grocery delivery man who came with her groceries? He got a mask. When the men at Home Depot needed masks? Yep, they each got one. What about my mom who is 86? My sisters who are nurses-one in Ohio and one in Virginia? Yep, yep, and yep with packages showing up on their doorsteps. What? The mailman didn’t have one? He got one, too.
What about others who need one? There is a bag hanging on the door knob on her front door with a sign inviting people who need one to take one. That makes me feel good right down to my toes! Wow, this blog is making me feel happier by the second.
I am grateful for gas prices that are less than $1.00 a gallon. I never thought I’d see that again! I filled up yesterday (in my mask) with minimal pain to my wallet. I don’t really do any driving right now, but it is good to know that I have the gas if I need to go somewhere or if the stay-at-home order ends.
I am including a photo of the sign at the near the pumps at the gas station. Have you guessed where I went yesterday? Ah, yes, Costco!
By the way, something wonderful happened while I was pumping my gas, a little bird was cheerfully singing.
Yes, I am grateful for that little bird who serenaded me the entire time I was pumping my gas. Little things like that make me smile. I’m smiling right now thinking about it.
I am grateful for one of my sons who is an essential worker at Costco; the Costco at which I strategically shopped. And, guess what? Yes, you guessed it. I saw him and had short, but wonderful, time to talk with him…from 6 feet away, of course. At least I think it was him-not sure-it’s hard to tell with the mask he was wearing.
I am grateful that outdoor exercise is an approved activity during the stay-at-home days in our state. Riding my bike makes me feel free; I love the wind on my skin and just going fast. (Well, as fast as my legs can pedal me.)
My husband and I rode on the bike trail on Sunday, which was a sunny, warm day, albeit windy, but I earned a personal best! With a ride of 31.92 miles, it was a milestone for me. Wow! That made me feel good.
I am grateful that I do not live alone. Even though my husband is an essential worker and goes to work each day, I have a real, live human being with whom to chat and to read and to give person-to-person hugs.
My husband and I like to walk in the evenings, but it is eery. The streets are empty with spooky shadows from the bare branches of trees silhouetted on the road. This new normal doesn’t feel normal to me!
Last by not least, I am grateful for you! Thank you for reading this little slice. I thought 10 might be hard, but I guess gratitudes are like tears for me. Once I start, I just can’t stop. I thought of one, then another, then another. I could keep going for hours. It is fun. Why don’t you give it a try?
I hope you’ll take a few minutes and write 10 of your own reasons for being grateful! Link them below. I’d love to read them!
Or, just add one thing for which you are grateful today in the comments below. I know I’ll enjoy reading it. Gratitude is contagious! I hope this IS something you will catch.
So wonderful to read a slice of gratitude like this. Wish I could order a whole pie of it. That Costco gas price… what!? Amazing. Thanks for your positivity 🙂
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I am grateful for you! Thank you for reading my post and making a very thoughtful comment. Gratitude is catching. Sometimes I feel like my mind is a grumpy toddler and making myself focus on gratitudes is like an adult reaching over and tickling until I reluctantly start to smile and laugh. I am so amazed at your daughter-what a giving soul.
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You comment “…like an adult reading over and tickling until I reluctantly start to smile and laugh” is such a great visual! I may have to use that sometime. Thank you for the comment, ahd have a gratitude-filled day!
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I love the way you structured this piece and the choices you made about what to share. I think my favorite part was about the masks and the generosity behind the making of them.
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My daughter is a teacher, too, so she was faithfully sewing masks between virtual meetings, lesson plans, and connecting with students. She really is, for me, a reminder to be generous, with time, talents, gifts, and in all parts of my life.Thank you for the comment.
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Your post of thanksgiving is powerful but the image of gas below a dollar a gallon is HAUNTING! I can hardly remember that. I filled up at $1.84 but it will last for a long while with the going I am doing. Stay safe and thankful/
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Anita,
That picture of the gas prices still amazes me. It reminds me of a time as a young girl, maybe 10 or 11, when there were “gas wars” as service stations battled to have the lowest gas prices. Yes, the lowest! The lowest gas price I ever saw in my lifetime was then, 17.9 cents per gallon. Now, I wish I had a picture of that!!!
Thanks for stopping by and for the comment!
Barbara
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Loved reading your post. I’m grateful for my daughter who brought us daffodils along with groceries last week and they lifted my spirits all week.
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Hi,
It sounds like you have a special daughter, being a florist delivery lady and grocery delivery person, all in one! Also, I’m not going to lie-daffodils are the BEST, always in spring, but this year especially!
Thank you for the comment, and have a gratitude-filled day!
Barbara
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I loved this! It made me smile and the photos are great.
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