My daily gratitude for:

1. The cooler weather, which brings the opportunity for hot chocolate, hot tea, and coffee!
2. Our family group hugs. Ryan loves them and so do we.
3. The hard work Ryan put into his first major project- his PBL project on gorillas and their habitats!! He was so proud of his work!
4. Anna Coleman, one of the nurses in the CICU whose heart, faith, and peacefulness make her a phenomenal presence and nurse. I love seeing her on the unit and catching up!
5. Arlanza Elementary School. This will always hold a special place in my heart, as the place where my first friends were, where a couple of my favorite teachers were, and where my personality emerged.
6. Having my grandparents live a couple houses down during my elementary school time. What a gift it was to live close!
7. The field that was behind our family’s house on Crest. As kids, that field was full of fun, mystery, and stories, from dirt hills for bike riding to raising chickens to pomegranate trees to baseball and football.
8. Seeing grass finally shoot up in our front yard.