Gratitude

I'm extremely grateful to the wonderful friends who have donated SO quickly to my MCM fundraising. I'm just $15 away from my minimum!!! What lovely gifts from such amazing women. Yea!

I'm so grateful this week for so many things. In no particular order:

- Nate sleeping through the night. Nuff said.
- Spending time with my college roommate Heather. I can't even explain how amazing she is. She was incredibly cool in college but now is that plus so much more. We were a good fit as roommates: not best friends/in the same crowd but similar interests (singing) although not in the same group, etc, etc. We provided a sort of haven for each other from our other friends and outside interests. I think we both felt safe and comforted by our friendship. We lived together for two years (sophomore and junior years). We lost touch after graduation, saw one another at our 5th year reunion, and then just last night after another 7 years. Thank goodness for Facebook. Heather, it was so good to see you.
- Two good runs in hot weather. I'm being "e-coached" by my friend Josh, who is extremely supportive of my marathon training. I'm thrilled to be working towards this goal.
- Lovely cooking club. Enough said.
- Good friends on Facebook who have provided support for a situation they know nothing about.
- Red wine. :)
- My baby's 1st birthday.
- The realization, yet again, that at 34 I do not need to apologize for anything or to anyone for decisions I make in my best interest. Folks, it's taken me a long time to get here but I'm here.
- Moonbounces.
- French braids.
- Silliness.
- Little People.
- Semi-drunken blog posts.
- World peace.