Thank you for fasts.

Thank you for tangerine juice mixed with tart cherry juice and sparkling water.

Thank you for cool weather in the forecast.

Thank you for time to read.

Thank you for a comfy living space.

Thank you for chats with Sri Hari, how they keep me focused on a more inward, spiritual path.

Thank you for peaceful feelings.

Thank you for lady bosses with employees who enjoy working for them.

Thank you for new thoughts that came with the end of a horrible mood.

Thank you for recorded dreams to re-read and re-analyze.

Thank you for when I have patience to let Peaches take her time on walks.

Thank you for long distance drives that go smoothly (no accidents, etc.), even if they’re just into the city.

Thank you for an overcast, cool day that reminds me of the weather here growing up.

Thank you for the gentle sounds of the ceiling fan.

Thank you for awareness that it’s inaccurate to call myself weird. I’m just me.

Thank you for a few mornings ago when Peaches let me wrap both arms around her and cuddle her like the world was ending.

Thank you for the salty sweet creamy frosting on Veggie Grill carrot cake.

Thank you for Peaches feeling better. (She started to be unwell a few hours after nabbing a mystery treat from the ground outside.) Thank you for the urgent care vet in TO and the doctor and techs who helped her.

Thank you for confidence that I’'ll feel better again, too.

Thank you for when the clear blue cloudless sky transforms into a twinkling inky expanse. 

Thank you for the variety of succulents that look science fiction but are real.

Thank you for fall weather.

Thank you for a new lady friend suggesting we play pickleball. Thank you for memories of another dear friend who shares this pickleball player’s name. 

Thank you for home popped popcorn. 

Thank you for bandages.

Thank you for love songs and love letters.

Thank you for growing kindness.

Thank you for plant dreams.

Thank you for the first time using the oven. A kabocha baked in there. It may become taquitos, or dog food, or a simple snack. (And it’s good that the oven wasn’t used before today, because it does warm the whole house!)

Thank you for the kabocha whistling when it’s oven time ended.

Thank you for the most incredible rainbow yesterday morning. It was like the sky’s happy hangover after a night of lightning, thunder, and rain. 

Thank you for two gal pals both trying to help me find love. Just knowing that they care and think of me as suitable for that sort of thing touches me, even if I’m still only ready to find friends.

Thank you for the Rich Roll Podcasts again. Thank you for how much learning and inspiration he offers so many people.

Thank you for sweet and loving friends.

Thank you for the extraordinary community here. I don’t want to leave. Morning walks and talking with neighbors feels whole. Wherever I live, I would like to be part of a community.

Thank you for the mobile home park even considering my request to move the tiny there. They haven’t said yes or no yet, and there are no affordable lots for sale at the moment. But I’m hopeful. If they refuse, there are still multiple options to explore. 

Thank you for organizations that help those in need. Thank you for the folks who start, run, staff, and support those orgs.

Thank you for crickets chirping outside the window.

Thank you for birds drinking the dew off my car this am.

Thank you for visions of togetherness.

Thank you for healing meditations.

Thank you for patience.

Thank you for 1 Corinthians 13.

Thank you for true love.