Life as Thank You – 15
Dear Janis, I am writing a thank you note each week as a discipline to increase my gratitude. In honor of your birthday, I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for being my friend! I am grateful for the history we share; there are so many memories that I would be hard…
Life as a Thank you – 14
Dear Lauren, In 2016, I decided to write an old- school thank you note each week as a disciple to gratitude, and last week I was at the LA Festival of Books and saw more than one title illustrated by you! I felt so proud and humbled by the privilege of knowing you and grateful…
Well begun is half done
When I was a child, I was enchanted by the music and the magic of the film Mary Poppins. She was my heroine. I wanted to live in a world where toys cleaned up after themselves and carousel horses left the merry-go-round. I listened to the 33 1/3 album that my mom got from Necco…
Life as Thank You – 13
Dear Ali In an effort to build more gratitude in my life, I am writing thank you notes each week to someone. I have been praying for your health and decided it was time to tell you how thankful I am for you! I am blessed by your sweet spirit; I remember when you first…
Life as Thank You – 12
Dear Kelsey, I decided in 2016, as an act of discipline to bless, to send an old school thank you note to someone each week. I want you to know how grateful I am for your friendship, for your trust and your kindness to me. I am so blessed to work with you and to…
St Patrick – Blessings
I am not sure when or how I realized that I held such power with my words, but perhaps it was because I grew up hearing words of blessing as my dad would lay his hand on my head and declare a blessing each night. As I grew up and found myself on both ends…
Life As Thank You – 11
Dear Joel, For 2016 I decided to write an old-school thank you note each week. So this week I want to tell you how thankful I am for you and for the privilege to work with you. Thank you for loving junior high kids so well. Having spent the bulk of my career with this…
Life as a Thank You – 10
How do I even begin to thank my mom without sounding trite or sappy. Mom, I know I have expressed my gratitude more than once over the years for all the things you have done for me, and I know it won’t be my last thank you to you, but in my effort to write…
Life as a Thank you – 9
Judy, In writing an old fashioned thank you note each week, I thought that in light of your birthday I would let you know how thankful I am for you. I cherish our times spent together and all the things we can share. I am grateful for how you love my brother and how well…
Life as a Thank you – 8
Dear Martha, There is a definitive moment in a person’s life where they become acutely aware of the fact that they found their soul mate. I’m not talking about the person they’ll spend the rest of their days waking up to each morning. I’m talking about the awkward person you didn’t like at first, that…