A new gratitude list
Funny how a worldwide pandemic can prompt a new gratitude list.
Husband, children, a home – my son years into recovery – all still count.
But weeks of quarantine and social distancing have added a few others.
They include…
Legs that carry me three to four miles on a daily walk
Other walkers who respect the six-feet rule
Canada geese nesting on a barren baseball field
Cell phones and cell phone cameras
Tweeting
Adult children who tweet back instantly
A cloudless sky
The robin building its nest over our garage
Dogs
People walking dogs
Zoom
Every person who is working now at every hospital
Sunshine
TS Eliot’s line “April is the cruelest month”
The governor of Maryland
Green lawns gracing State House hill
Eggs
Baking brownies thick with big chunks of walnuts
Al-Anon and virtual meetings
The Twelth Step
The opportunity – every day – to help someone else.
Originally published on lisahillmanauthor.com.
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