Old Soul, Young Heart

One of my favorite authors is Elizabeth Gilbert, who wrote Eat Pray Love . I know a lot of people probably think that book is silly (I mean, the title kind of is), but it's a great book and it really introduced me to her as a writer and I love all of her other books. Anyway, I follow her on Facebook and Instagram and she's basically just a really inspirational person and makes me want to be better. At the beginning of 2015, she posted a photo of herself with this ginormous glass jar and explained that every day she puts a little note inside this jar about something she's grateful for or happy about on that day. I'm trying to be a more mindful and grateful person and this seemed like a nice, easy, tangible way to give thanks. So I did it for 2015! Well, I tried to do it. I did not do it every day... in fact I have exactly 73 entries out of 365 days. But it's something. Here's what I wrote in no particular order. Beautiful azalea at Phil & Joy's Engl...

Things I'm Thankful For And yes, I did change that day's topic to reflect the fact that it was Thanksgiving. :) My husband The rest of my family Having a place to live Having a car My job (that I even like) My health My happiness What I Bought This Week 3 shirts for myself (Eek! Oh well--Black Friday deals!) One Christmas present for Philip A calendar for my dad and some Hickory Farms stuff Cute socks for our nieces for Christmas Earrings and a Monster High doll for Faith Two Diary of a Wimpy Kid books for Briana 30 bolts of ribbon for my bow-making clinic here at work tomorrow :) Other random Christmas goodies for decorating Places I've Lived Normal Cambridge Yesterday was... Pretty typical Kinda busy at work Not as busy as I expected (in terms of emails and phone calls) Bravest Things I've Ever Done Went to England all by my lonesome Faced my mother's death at the tender age of 19 (not all that tender, b...