Daily Gratitudes 2018

[Lessstressedhemum]

A new thread for a new year.

A safe, quiet place to pause, breathe and count our blessings, great or small. Everyone is welcome: of all faiths or none at all, whether you post regularly or just once, whatever you are grateful for, you are welcome here.

We would love to share all the things that bring us joy or just make life a little more bearable.

Writing in my notebook today.

The moon tonight.

Poetry.

Snuggly jumpers
Fluffy socks
Clean running water at the turn of a tap

Sun on the autumn leaves

Inspiring students who make me feel my job is a privilege

The nhs

Time with my parents
The compassion of my children
Music

My silly, affectionate spaniel
My son's sense of humour
A warm, snug bed.

Gorgeous Thai takeaway

Walk in the autumn woods - amazing bracket fungus!

Loving where I live.

Modern medicine
The wind in the tree tops
The blackbirds scuffling about under the trees, eating the windfalls.

A lovely parcel

Baking - made a spiced blackberry and apple cake and did a sort of lemon drizzle sauce but with added blackberries and honey to pour on top when it came out of the oven and it turned out delicious (my moments of culinary inspiration do not always turn out delicious!)

Got my cosy handknits out and enjoyed fitting back in my favourite cabled jumper for the first time since having a baby.

That cake sounds delicious, Verbena.

Shelter
Food
Listening to the wind and rain

The rumble of thunder
My new Hamsa hand keyring
My new sage smudge stick
Inspirational podcasts
The feeling of getting into my soft sheets

A quiet morning before the rush of the day
the smell of incense carrying my prayers to God
Hot herb tea and cherry scones

Feeling my heart pumping in my chest after my early morning run
Bulletproof coffee
My pretty "Master Plan" daily planner

Freshly dug carrots from a friend at work

Cake and coffee

My lovely mum

Literacy
Numeracy
The bounty of the harvest

That I survived my ex
My words coming back, thought I'd lost that forever
My prayers being listened to.

Gin and raspberry jam (delicious!)

Central heating

Food in my cupboards, clean water at the turn of a tap.

Laughs aplenty with friends
£25 Premium Bond win - just enough for a little treat
The satisfaction of having read the book we'll be discussing at my book club as opposed to the panicked speed reading that sometimes has to take place before a meeting

A quiet morning
migraine beginning to wear off
my children and the adults they are becoming

Starting to feel a bit better after being ill

My sewing machine

Family

Seeing my granny read to my baby. The warmth and wonder in both their faces.

Dad’s excellent cooking.

Starting my first ever Christmas cake, and making mincemeat (we’ve always been to my parents/my husband’s folks for Christmas. This year we’re hosting and I am so excited to wake up together in our own bed and have Christmas in our own little house.) - being in the kitchen with an audiobook and a cup of tea, and the smell of brandy and citrus zest and spices and fruit.

Time outdoors

The colours of the landscape

Contentment

A great drying day
Exciting football match; glad I made the effort to go and watch
Cosy evening at home before the start of another week

A beautiful harvest thanksgiving service
A lie in
Shelter from the wind and rain

Fresh fruit
Birds at the feeders
Central heating

Kind colleagues donating bits of their lunches because I forgot mine!

Bath with the baby.

Chocolate icecream. And biscuits. And just chocolate on its own.