I AM GRATEFUL
by Rebecca Aadland
I am grateful.
For touch, warm kisses and tender moments
For the man I adore, who enjoys my quirks and thinks I’m pretty
For passionate conversations and finding new truths.
For all the brave, unique people who light up my world
For being loved… especially by him.
I am grateful.
For my children who challenge and teach me
For their wit and earnest quest for meaning
For their struggles that I cannot and should not fix
For their raw and bold insistence to blaze a path of their own
For my kids… especially my kids.
I am grateful.
For our home, the sanctuary that protects us from cold, bitter winds
For rooms that echo laughter, ideas, music and entertainment
For big windows, yummy paint colors, treasures and golden lamps
For safety, sleep, passion and beauty
For our home… especially there.
I am grateful.
For celebrations, holidays and family traditions
For gorgeous meals, bright vegetables, rich meat.
For cooking timers, linens and china
For noise, conversation… old people, awkward teens and toddlers.
For my dear friends and family… especially them.
I am grateful.
For difficult, meaningful work
For my office, my ingenious computer and magical phone
For clients and colleagues… and paychecks and bills.
For problems to solve, people to serve
For a venue for my talent… especially that.
I am grateful.
For our breathtaking world
For bumblebees, beasts and lilacs and owls
For mountain peaks, oceans and babbling brooks
For breezes and snowflakes and deep orange maple trees
For nature… especially nature.
I am grateful
For miracles and second chances.
For the loving force that never gives up on me
For muses, whispers and ancient truths
For Spirit’s guidance and revelations
For the sacred… Amen to that!