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continuing a tradition started at work in 2020. I will post a challenge here each week for me and you!

Planes, trains and automobiles

By Merry MaryOctober 11, 2023September 29, 2023Leave a Comment on Planes, trains and automobiles

This week’s challenge is to be grateful for transportation: planes, trains, automobiles, scooters, bicycles. We often forget how challenging life would be if dependent on your own two feet to get you from point A to point B. As you sit in rush hour, cursing all of the idiots around you…just think how long it …

Grateful for home

By Merry MaryOctober 4, 2023September 29, 2023Leave a Comment on Grateful for home

As Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz so eloquently stated “There’s no place like home.”. Today’s gratitude challenge is to be grateful for your home. In 2014, I hired Nancy Izlar to make the townhome my home. My instructions were simple: I needed a place of peace. My job was stressful. I was going through …

Today is the best day of my life!

By Merry MarySeptember 28, 2023October 27, 2025Leave a Comment on Today is the best day of my life!

What if…we approached each day with a joyful attitude! Today’s gratitude challenge is short and sweet (and hopefully one you can keep up for longer than a day – but let’s begin with just one day at a time). Just for one day, start the day by leaping out of bed joyously shouting ‘Today is …

Being grateful for the hummingbird

By Merry MarySeptember 20, 2023September 20, 2023Leave a Comment on Being grateful for the hummingbird

I love hummingbirds! I really and truly do! I am lucky to be on their migration path and dutifully put out a hummingbird feeder every summer. This year I only had a few but my hope is I’ll see more next year, because they make me so happy. I’m grateful that they make their journeys …

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