Many of you know I keep a gratitude journal via an app. From time to time, I review the entries to see if there’s a trend on who or what I’m thankful for. They should seriously invest in AI to do that for me. But I digress. One of the weirder things that I’m consistently …
Gratitude challenge – to the accompanist
By Merry Mary If you’ve ever sung, with a choir or even in a sing-a-long or karaoke, you’ve likely benefited from a piano or organ playing along. Today’s gratitude challenge is to be grateful for these un-sung heroes. They keep you, the singer, in tune and in tempo. Most of the time they are responsible for their own …
Gratitude Challenge – Letting go
By Merry Mary I hold onto things. I am staring at a miniature baseball bat from a company event in 2013. It is resting in a large glass beer mug from a company event in 2016. I’m no longer at the company, so why am I holding on to this swag? Today’s gratitude challenge is a different type …
Gratitude challenge – Neighbors
By Merry Mary Not all neighbors are created equal. I’m on my neighborhood’s HOA committee that approves of paint/exterior work on the homes. You’d be surprised the squabbles we run into. The latest one occurred between neighboring townhouses, where townhouse 1 has a sunroom whose wall abuts townhouse 2’s deck. Years ago townhome 2’s homeowner brandished a gun …