On Thursdays, I have the mornings all to myself to work. 

I love that I am able to drop my oldest at a school that he adores, surrounded by people who know and care about him. I love that my youngest will be at the most magical nature preschool I could imagine, to play amongst the trees and fields. I love that I can say to them "Mommy is going off to work". Knowing that it's not just any job but the best freaking job in the world (for me).

I am so incredibly in love with life. I want to share that love. Document it. Honor it. Steep myself in the gratitude I have for it.

Gratitude has not always been a big piece of my life and accordingly, the Universe did a very good job of showing me that. 

I have a lot to be grateful for. You have a lot to be grateful for. Really...we do, even when nothing is going our way.

I try to write my gratitudes daily on any nearby piece of paper when I wake. That does not always happen. I want to show you that even being grateful for one, small, tiny, thing can transform your day from shit-storm to smoother sailing. Just by slowing down and picking up a pen, opening up the computer to type or in my case {or yours}, a camera.

I would love to HERE and SEE what you are grateful for. I get so excited, thinking about the energy that would bring to all of our lives, having a sacred space to share our crazy gratitude with each other. Connecting. Touching each others lives. Opening. Because that's the good stuff, that's what it's all about. 

~ Wanna share on YOUR blog what you are grateful for? Tell me how to find you in the comments and I'll share your link on Facebook. (Wanna be friends?)

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 {Come find me, I'm StephPerkinson}

So here are the gratitude highlights from THIS week in photos...Because sometimes words just don't do the experience any justice at all: