March 31
What are you most grateful for, right now, in this moment?
I’m just going to say it. I hate this fucking question. Almost as much as I hate the concept of a ‘gratitude journal‘. Ugh. It makes me cringe and feel a bit nauseated. I just can’t get into that cheesy, cliché crap.
It’s the ‘depression solution‘ I’ve heard so much about—’Every day, write down three things you’re grateful for.‘ It takes me literally hours to come up with three things, and then I have to try again the next day? It’s so stressful that I have to take a fucking anxiety pill. How is this helpful again?
But since I’ve invested a month into this challenge and today’s the last day, I’ll give you an answer.
Coffee.
Happy now?
p.s. — I wrote this post a few days ago. Earlier tonight (the night before this post will appear to you), something happened that would be a better answer. For reasons I’m not sure I understand, I decided not to edit the post. But if I had written it tonight, here’s what I would have written:
I am grateful for my sister. The incredibly generous one. Tonight she offered to pay 75% of the cost of a possible trip to Europe for my son next year. Without her, it would be out of the question due to the hefty price tag. But because of her amazing generosity, he might be on his way to Paris and Rome.
p.p.s. — Stay tuned for a ‘wrap-up’ post. I’ll probably post it later today.
[Thanks to my lovely friend Marquessa for this 31 questions challenge.]
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Yay for sister!!!
I am grateful for safety protocols at work. Within the last 24 hours we have had notifications of 3 positive covid cases in our school, all isolated from each other. And so far no community transfer. I’m grateful for our proactive staff and administration that keeps us safe and the ability to quickly set up at home and keep working to survive!
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It’s amazing how well some schools and businesses are doing with covid safety.
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Haha make that 4 positives 😂 but yea for sure!!
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That is an amazing P.S. about your sister 🙂
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I know. I asked her if she would be able to help, but she offered way more than I was even thinking. She has done so much for my kids. Hell, she bought their iphones!
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I love this post, especially for the lovely, generous sister. Well done Sandra for lasting the month and I look forward to April’s posts.
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What she offered was unexpected, but not surprising. She has always been incredibly generous with my kids.
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😀 😀 👍
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It was an “in this moment” question, and sometimes, coffee (or tea in my case) is the best answer.
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And so I can’t do a gratitude journal (*shudder*) because it would just be pages and pages of the words ‘coffee’, ‘cheesecake’, ‘donuts’, ‘more coffee’, … you get the idea.
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