We're back on home turf again. Back where the lazy terrain invites moseying walks. Back to tall green grass, sandy beaches, rivers, ponds, and marshes. Moseying along behind Nicholai and Izzy on our walk (Kelley is at doggie daycare), a sense of nervous anxiety pervaded me; so much to worry about.
Time to make a list of reasons to be grateful. The exercise won't eliminate sadness or worry in total, just shift the lens a bit toward peace and hope.
A dozen reasons for gratitude even when things seem lousy. (Seems like a lot, but I need the challenge.)
- Saw a solitary coyote nosing about in the grass about a hundred yards off. Stared at me, darted away, stopped and stared again.
- Gentle temperature, no jacket required.
- Watched an osprey gathering twigs for nest building.
- Creature comforts - a roof over our heads, food in the fridge, produce in the garden, a soft comfy bed.
- A twelve year old Subaru that trekked 1,200 miles with nary a glitch.
- Candied ginger with dark chocolate – everything about that's good.
- Beauty all around me. Sometimes, just as in a camera lens, beauty fades into a blurry background, depending on my focus.
- Primroses, tulips, azaleas, rhododendrons, flowering dogwoods.
- Two light brown eggs, warm to the touch.
- Echinacea with vitamin C
- Fifteen years since I had cancer, fifteen years of dogs and kids, walks and hikes, gardens and blue skies. Wow. And ...
Fifteen months with Nicholai, thought there'd only be three to six. Every day counts.
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