Inspired by David Kirby’s poem “It Just Keeps Getting Better.”
I am grateful for the sun lighting up my living space and the
new lamp for my bedroom I'm going to set up today. I'm
grateful I know how to stretch and listen to my body. I'm grateful
for incredible musicals, especially for my favorite, Jesus Christ
Superstar. I'm grateful I can cry. I'm grateful I'm a reader and a
writer and a photographer. I used to think I missed my calling, but
I'm grateful for the life I've had, especially with Jim. I'm grateful
for my home and that I can afford it and Jim made sure it was
paid off. I am grateful I know how to listen and make good
decisions. I'm grateful for my church community and grief groups,
and the friends I’ve made. I'm grateful for all my family and friends,
going back to the earliest days. I'm grateful for my neighbor Kara.
Being with her is a joy. I'm grateful for the many historians and writers
and thinkers and political analyzers who help us understand the bigger
picture and maybe, just maybe, give us hope. I'm grateful for NASA and
Artemis II who have sent a photo of earth from space we can
contemplate and breathe with, reminding us this
blue marble is where we are supposed to learn to love one another.
I'm grateful I know that.
P.S. I challenge all of you to write your own I'm grateful piece. Feel free to send it to me.
