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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : June 2014
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Sunday, June 15, 2014. Grateful #43 - my dad's pride. On the last day of school in the 2. Grade, my dad celebrated my perfect report card by taking me to lunch and getting me the Optiums Prime toy I so badly wanted. That’s not my earliest memory of my dad, but it’s one that stands out; I’m fortunate in that I have so many to choose from; my dad has been so present and involved throughout my entire life. My fear was seeing disappointment in his eyes. In the email h...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful #35 (which is a coincidence) Ducks not in a row
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Grateful #35 (which is a coincidence) Ducks not in a row. I don’t know how it happened. All of a sudden, I was at party with all my co-worker friends I’ve been teaching with over the last nine years, and I noticed that every single friend, save one, had a baby. I almost felt like an imposter. I sat with this feeling for a few days and I came up with this:. I’m in that age bracket where everyone gets married and has children. They’ve ...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful #39 - Envy. and what comes after it.
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Saturday, May 24, 2014. Grateful #39 - Envy. and what comes after it. The line between jealousy and envy can be easily blurred; they are both awful feelings that result in possible acts of lunacy, irrational behavior, self-loathing, betrayal, and doubt. The big difference is that with jealousy, you end up having to apologize to others; with envy, you end up having to apologize to yourself. It wasn’t until the 4. Enter the anger because I’m not. Why is it so easy t...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful #33 - The end of your comfort zone
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Sunday, April 6, 2014. Grateful #33 - The end of your comfort zone. Occasionally, I get stuck on Pinterest. After I look at all the Do –It-Yourself projects that I can never do by myself, I tend to browse the quotes for some inspiration. Tonight, I came across this picture of a girl jumping off of a cliff into a lake – arms wide open. The quote read: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Free-falling should be named in reverse. It should be called falling-f...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : July 2014
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Grateful #44 - put your camera phones down (minus a photo). I love taking pictures. It’s one of my favorite hobbies – I don’t necessarily have the skill set and the equipment to really delve into the world of photography, but playing with cameras makes me happy. I probably have about 150 pictures of the 4. I tried every angle, every setting – I wanted to get the best display of the beautiful lights in the sky. A funny thing happened. I watch...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful#32-milestones
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Wednesday, April 2, 2014. We remember them with such a warm, nostalgic fondness. The day we got our driver’s license. Throwing your graduation cap up in the air. The day we moved into an apartment and our parents’ house was no longer what we meant when we said we were going home. As the coach of the high school tennis team, I have to say goodbye to a group of seniors every year. This was the last home tennis match they will play in their high school tennis careers.
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful #42 - what matt nathanson's song, "headphones" makes me think about
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Grateful #42 - what matt nathanson's song, "headphones" makes me think about. So I heard Matt Nathanson’s new song today – “headphones.”. It’s a little more poppy than Im used to from him, but the lyrics, though simple, really resonated with me. The premise of the song is:. Girl goes to New York City because she’s sick of everyone and everything in her life. Wants to get away from it all. I was that girl. I went to New York City and I put...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful #40 - Forks
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Grateful #40 - Forks. Sometimes I imagine what it’s like to be one of those people who crave the energy of the masses – one of those people who can walk into a room and be completely fulfilled by the constant buzz and movement of conversing with the crowds. I’m curious about what it’s like to be the center of attention, reciting the most ordinary facts in what seemingly comes off as chocolate-coated charisma. What makes me shiny. It’...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : grateful #43 - my dad's pride
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Sunday, June 15, 2014. Grateful #43 - my dad's pride. On the last day of school in the 2. Grade, my dad celebrated my perfect report card by taking me to lunch and getting me the Optiums Prime toy I so badly wanted. That’s not my earliest memory of my dad, but it’s one that stands out; I’m fortunate in that I have so many to choose from; my dad has been so present and involved throughout my entire life. My fear was seeing disappointment in his eyes. In the email h...
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. : Grateful #34 - Proactivenss AKA the 4th car is the charm.
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Two Friends. One Year of Being Grateful. Monday, April 7, 2014. Grateful #34 - Proactivenss AKA the 4th car is the charm. My very first car was beautiful. It had a sunroof, leather seats, a spoiler, and was adorned with 716 bumper stickers that told the drivers behind me that A). I was obviously a teenager and B) I liked music, democrats, going against the norm, and clever sayings that reaffirmed my youth. One day it literally just stopped working. Before something went wrong. I am grateful for. Never ag...