“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.”    ~ Helen Keller

Today’s Gratitudes ~

I am grateful that I caught the typo in yesterday’s gratitudes, which now has the correct date!

I am grateful that my incredible daughter cleaned the kitchen for me today;

I am grateful that I was the lucky mother that was blessed enough to have that daughter as a baby and a toddler and a little girl and every new version of her that passes through my threshold each passing year;

I am grateful for my oldest friend, Mindy, who never misses the opportunity to remind me that she loves me unconditionally and I love her back;

I am grateful that the soundtrack to “About Last Night” arrived and now I have Bob Seger’s best song ever in my iTunes; and

I am grateful for photography and writing, my two channels to the world.