Happy Father’s Day to my smart and wonderful dad! You are number one on my gratitude list today for so many reasons, topped by your unfailing strength of character and personal ethics. Thank you for setting such a great example for me – I am grateful I can call you Dad.
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.
- Share the URL to your gratitude blog post by clicking the “add your link” button at the end of this post and filling out the information.
- Share the Gratitude Linkup with your blog readers by clicking the “get the InLinkz code” link at the end of this post and copy/pasting the appropriate code into your gratitude blog post.
- 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!
- Knowing how to drive, and the freedom and flexibility that comes with it.
- Owning a car and having no car payments.
- Finding out after consultation with a specialist that I most likely won’t have to have an old root canal redone after all.
- Narrowly avoiding a bad travel booking situation, which led to me finding a better (and fairly reasonable, all things considered) flight to San Jose for BlogHer ’14.
- Peter having the opportunity to work at the polls during our recent provincial election.
- Getting things done!
- Having access to Freegal Music via our local public library.
- Our kind neighbour from across the alley who walked all the way around the block late in the evening to knock on our front door and let us know we’d left our garage door open.
- The gorgeous ivy growing on our house and camouflaging the block walls.
- Celebrating a year of tangling.
- A perfect summer Sunday morning with a light, cooling breeze blowing through my open office window.
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Twitter: lifeloveandkids
June 15, 2014
I am grateful to wake up to my kids smiling faces.
I am grateful that I get to write and share my opinions and thoughts with others.
I am grateful that I can listen to Christmas music in June
Shay recently posted… 10 Ways To Earn Money From Home
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
Lovely list, Shay – thank you for sharing!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
Twitter: hfert_solutions
June 15, 2014
Having a gratitude list is such a great idea. I’m Grateful that I can talk to my Dad even when I’m hundreds of KM away!
Hillary recently posted… Happy Fathers Day to all Fathers Of Loss
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
Wonderful, Hillary!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
Twitter: RambinGarden
June 15, 2014
I am grateful for my son, who is outside right now weedwacking. He just got done mowing the lawn. It’s wonderful to spend Father’s Day with my husband of 40 years (another gratitude item) and my son.
Alana recently posted… Garden Bloggers Bloom Day June 2014-The Clouds and the Flowers
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
That’s wonderful, Alana – congratulations and enjoy!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
Twitter: SusanF_mt
June 15, 2014
I’m grateful that by clicking a few links of your posts, I just learned what tangling is! I am grateful about a lot of the discoveries I make blogging!
Susan – ofeverymoment recently posted… Happy Father’s Day.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
I know what you mean – blogging brings so much to your virtual doorstep!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
Great list! Having great neighbors is wonderful.
Have a great week
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
Agreed!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
I am loving the weather this evening as well! Thank goodness about the root canal!
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
Yes, definitely!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
How lovely to hear about all the things you are grateful for. How about a picture of those Ivy that adorn your wall…would love to see that
Thanks!
Kajal recently posted… Its All About Love
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 15, 2014
Coming right up – in tomorrow’s post!
Laurel Regan recently posted… An early lesson on racism
Twitter: CorinneBlogs
June 15, 2014
What a fab picture of you and your Dad, Laurel.
I’m always grateful for my Dad – fighting fit at 89!
Corinne Rodrigues recently posted… The Joy Of Reading | Anything Goes On Sunday
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 16, 2014
That’s fantastic, Corinne!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo A Day Challenge – June 1-16, 2014
Such a wonderful neighborly thing your neighbor did! I love kindness and driving really is a great privilege, topped with a no car payments vehicle
Life Breath Present recently posted… Gratitude Linkup – Week of 6/15/14
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 16, 2014
It hit me as I was running errands the other day, just how fortunate I am to be able to drive and have a car. It sure makes life easier!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo A Day Challenge – June 1-16, 2014
Twitter: pravs
June 18, 2014
My gratitude is to the life I live with everyone around me and the things I get to do without any regrets
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Pheno Menon recently posted… Waffles and Dark Chocolate Sauce
Twitter: alphabetsalad
June 18, 2014
Sounds good to me!
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