Back in Action: Gratitude

Given the yin and yang of life, and in light of the gloomy black cloud that was my previous post, I feel compelled to acknowledge the return of a better mood and my immense gratitude for the abundance in my life.  In no particular order, these are some of the reasons I am happy:

• Murphy's 14-and-still-going years that have splendidly blessed my life with unconditional love...and hair.  

• The 25c and sunny skies in Melbourne whilst listening to my mum's description of the blizzard raging in Calgary.  

• The scent inside a flower shop that positively lifts J and I up, up, and up.  Who can ever be grumpy inside a flower shop?  

• C2 and J's robust good health.  I know it can all change on a dime. 

• A friend through thick and thin, years and years, and miles and miles.  

• Not having to say Vice-President Ryan, and by extension... 

• The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

• Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming  

• My mother's happy, full, and fulfilling life

• The sweet anticipation of running Mount Doug on Vancouver Island with my brother followed by a coffee as big as my face and a maple-dipped donut at Tim Horton's in 3 weeks.

• Spending New Year's Eve in San Francisco this year with dear friends from our Geneva life whom we haven't seen in almost five years.

• J and my sista's faces early Christmas morning as we pad through a candle-lit house.

• The (first) Hobbit film - enough said!

• Homeland OMG...Damian Lewis OMG...Claire Danes OMG

• Early morning and early evening walks with Murphy through the Hedgley Dean gardens beside our house. 

• John Stewart, Bob Cesca, Elizabeth Aquino, and David Penberthy for preaching to the choir. 

• Orchids  

• Wasted muscles that are rediscovering their strength.

•  yoga, Yoga, YOGA!

• Friends and family near and far.  Need them, love them, miss them.