Happy Easter! Before I start in on my gratitude list for the week, I thought I’d entertain you with a little blast from the past: my sister and I in our Easter dresses – and me in my oh-so-fluffy Easter perm – sometime back in the 1970s. Well, at least my sister was adorable! 
Hope you’ll join me in this week’s Gratitude Linkup!
(If you’d like a bit of background on why I started the Gratitude Linkup, check out this post.)
How to get involved in the Gratitude Linkup
- Write and post an entry in your own blog containing your gratitude list for a moment in time.
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- Visit some of the blogs listed in the Gratitude Linkup and comment on their posts.
My Gratitude List
In no particular order, here is my own gratitude list for this moment in time. I hope that after reading it you’ll go on to write and share your own!
- My family and my upbringing.
- The discovery of yet another amazing ethnic restaurant with my group of friends, and the fun of introducing it to Peter a few days later.
- Thrift stores.
- My blog with its many opportunities and possibilities, and the friends and connections I’ve made through it.
- Our house with all of its space, features, and potential.
- Local farmers, and knowing where our food comes from.
- The Canadian three-sometimes-four-day Easter weekend.
- A thought-provoking saying I stumbled across on Instagram: “You may not like your options, but you always have a choice.”
- Getting ahead of schedule.
- Looking forward to enjoying Easter dinner with friends at our place.
- Lightness into the evening.
- Achieving a reasonably clean house.
- Delicious restaurant leftovers for the next day’s meal.
- Efficient and timely tech support.
- OK, this is a little silly – but I’m grateful that the fingernail I lost (read: completely ripped off down to the nail bed) in a Christmas holiday luggage mishap has now mostly grown back and is presentable enough that I no longer need to cover it with a band-aid whenever I leave the house! Sometimes it’s the little things.
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Twitter: FranceneStanley
April 20, 2014
I love your list and can relate to all your blessings. I particularly agree with the healing of our body. It’s so good to be back the way we were before an accident or operation.
Francene Stanley recently posted… Thoughts on recent disasters.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 20, 2014
It really is! Thanks, Francene.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Blogging from A to Z Challenge – Q is for…
Twitter: amandakendle
April 20, 2014
Lovely list! I definitely agree that I’m so very grateful for my blog and all the opportunities that have come my way because of it.
Amanda Kendle recently posted… Remembering Gabriel Garcia Marquez and my return home to Australia
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 20, 2014
Thanks, and thanks for stopping by!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Blogging from A to Z Challenge – Q is for…
Great list. I know for me sometimes the small things are the best part.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 20, 2014
Same here!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Blogging from A to Z Challenge – Q is for…
Twitter: lvfromana
April 21, 2014
That’s a great list. I’m grateful for my husband, my family, my friends, my home, my blog, my health… oh and that summer is about to arrive.
Ana recently posted… How To Be Happy Single (Even If It’s Not What You Want)
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 21, 2014
Wonderful list, Ana! Thanks for sharing.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Blogging from A to Z Challenge – R is for…
Twitter: mnutralicious
April 23, 2014
I am always thankful for a clean house and for extra daylight in spring. Great list! I am also thankful that I found your gratitude link-up—what a great idea! Thanks for the opportunity to join in.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 24, 2014
You’re most welcome – glad you joined us!
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