Category Archives: Gratitude

For sweet people online. A few people completely misunderstood something that I tweeted and responded by kindly trying to help me understand how there really is a loving non-sexist God. While I did not actually need their explanations, it was nice to see that … Continue reading →

For drugs. Of the decongestant painkilling sort. I suffered from many significant headaches as a child and possibly worse sinus infections as a teen. And I never took any of that evil medicine stuff that they sell at the store. … Continue reading →

For my next oldest brother. Since our lives have both gotten crazier (and more normal) these past few months we do not get to talk nearly as much as we used to. So it was great to be able to … Continue reading →

For potatoes. As a child I completely understood how a nation could starve due to a potato famine. I would often put a potato in the microwave for breakfast when my family ate raisin bran (before we were converted to “fruit ’till … Continue reading →

For autumn. I’ve never liked fall. It is extremely depressing: grey, short days, cold with no snow to provide a fun reason to bundle up and go outside, and grey. Did I mention that it is grey? People always talk … Continue reading →

For public transportation. Long commutes are so much nicer when one can spend them reading! And less environmental destruction is always a good thing. For trees. Really, I rarely think about them but trees are rather nice to have and … Continue reading →

For Josh. Every week I have to stop myself from filling my list with Joshness since one of the main points of this exercise is to realize my gratitude for things that I often fail to think about. But I have not … Continue reading →