1. Gratitude 101

This blog is for me to express openly the gratitude I feel each and every day of my life.  It also is a record of my progress as a writer. I'm not a writer, but I found a new love for words. I've never considered myself as creative; intellectual, yes, but not creative.

So, here begins my embrace of a new year honoring my right brain in accepting my femininity without apologies. 

Yesterday was Sept. 11 and marked the 7th year memorial of our country changing forever. As I walked onto my porch before taking the children to school, I noticed our neighbors had their flags raised in honor. 

A feeling of gratitude swept over me because of my life, my family, my freedom! "Thank you, thank you soldiers for your labor of love" as tears fill my eyes. May their service always be remembered.