My morning gratitude for:

1. The Pediatric Chaplains Network.  I find that the collegiality and friendship at this group is more life sustaining and life giving than anything I have felt before.  They are people who love kids and families, know the heartache of a child’s loss, are creative and playful, and know how to have good fun!
2. The Pediatric Chaplains Network Advisory Council, for whom I serve as an At Large Member.  I am heading out today for 3 days to be a part of this Advisory Council Annual Meeting in Phoenix (our next PCN retreat will be there) involving planning, deciding, visioning and caring support.  I am so blessed by this group and their easy going fun loving nature.  And I am blessed and grateful to serve on the Council and try to provide leadership- as the Tech Guy- go figure! Evidently the capability of writing a blog seems like I know how to build robots and write code per these good hearted but untechnological friends.
3. My Dads text messaging! He is hilarious when he is allowed to write and joke.  Just yesterday we had a great text conversation about him dying and going to the looney tune factory.  You may not think its funny but you gotta know my dad!
4. Being healthy.  I left work so I could be home with Ryan after he got what looks like Foot and Mouth sickness, but I too got a stomach bug being home in the afternoon, became nautious, and major vomited once.  Like I felt awful all night a and this morning I am gratefully aware of feeling healthy.