I am grateful to myself today. I set boundaries and stuck to them, which has historically been difficult for me, and I am relaxing at home with my cats instead of beating down anxiety to get in the car and do the holiday thing. I am also grateful for the community I've found here on Substack - sure there's been a bunch of trolls lately, but for the most part everyone has been supportive and lovely.
I'm very grateful for my blended family, with our three grown kids and their partners wanting to spend holidays with us. For the stability and love my husband brings to my life after so much turmoil. That in our small house we can move things around enough to host our family today
I'm grateful to be having a small, peaceful Thanksgiving with my husband and our adult children. Who knows how long it will be possible for all of us to gather together?
I wrote this piece about how gratitude can sometimes be complicated--especially this time.of year.
I'm thankful for Victoria https://substack.com/@carermentor. We connected over the topic of caregiving (she curates and writes compellingly about that experience; I write about life in the sandwich generation -- aging/passing parents and a son with special needs), and she so generously welcomed me into the Substack community. We've collaborated on a Substack project, and we sometimes check in on each other just because. An unexpected blessing in 2024!
Iām very grateful for my messy-happy-enough life. Letting go of perfectionism and recognizing that I am my only brand ambassadorā¦ meaning everyone in my family gets to be their own glorious, colored outside the lines person and I get to celebrate! Itās liberating and delightful.
I wrote a whole post about the things for which I am grateful this holiday season. Of course, the number one thing will always be my two organ donors who have allowed me to see 19 holiday seasons that I otherwise would not have been here to celebrate.
I'm grateful that I made the choice to stay home today, to be quiet, and creative. I'm grateful for the past 11 months, making new family in Substackland. It's been the most wonderful year of my life. I'm grateful for pumpkin pie and for telling the stories from my pastāāthat makes me smile...oh, and yes, for I'm grateful for chestnut stuffing! See my latest essay, Pass the Stuffing: https://nantepper.com/p/pass-the-stuffing
1. My friends, and how connected I feel to groups of people who care for me and *for each other.* It's a community. It's a small town inside a big city. It's radically healing.
2. My body. It's not pain-free, and there's always menopause stuff going on, but my body is capable of healing, and it allows me to do the stuff I want to do.
3. Yoga. Practicing 3-4 times a week keeps me feeling mentally steady and physically strong.
4. My home. I have a home! There's a sofa. An oven. Several beds. A lock on the door. I am comfortable, safe and secure in my home.
5. My husband. Marriage is hard, but the one I'm in brings me way more benefit than bullshit.
6. The death š of skinny jeans and rise of wide pants.
7. Chat GPT. I don't know about the general AI trend and what it means for society. But using Chat GPT to plan stuff, research stuff, and parent a teenager makes my life easier.
8. My cats, Taco and Bean. They like to be petted. Being near them makes me feel warm inside. They're never too busy to be there for me. They patiently wait for hours until I'm ready to pet them.
10. My French coffee press and the locally roasted organic coffee beans that led to the liquid that is now in my cup.
I'm grateful to @elissastrauss for recommending my Substack on hers. It's gotten me some more subscribers and followers, and that makes me happy because although I'd write it anyway, one of the aims is also to build a following to help me get my book published.
Less self-servingly, I'm also grateful to have found some community on Substack and all the rich things I'm able to read and engage with here.
I'm a Canadian living in Portugal so is it double dipping to be posting for American Thanksgiving? I think I have enough gratitude to celebrate every day of the year. Today I am grateful I finally scraped up the courage to post my first substack!
I am grateful for giving myself the space to set my own schedule this weekend. Much of this year has been a sea of obligation and by saying no to the right things, I've carved out some quality time for myself before the next chunk begins!
Last night, while I did the preliminary food prep, I watched the film Joy, about the incredible people who persevered and discovered IVF. I wept throughout the whole thing. So grateful to all those who helped me become a mother 22 years ago. https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/three-words-that-changed-my-life
I'm a day late, but I've absolutely LOVED reading through these beautiful comments and all the wonderful things you are all grateful for šš§” I was nearly moved to tears reading some of them! š„ŗ
We don't have Thanksgiving here in the UK, but my dad is American so we always gave it a little nod, but didn't celebrate it in the traditional sense. I've always loved the idea and the opportunity to notice what we're grateful for š I try to encourage my kids to do this often š
I am grateful for my warm, cosy and safe home... for my happy and healthy children, my kind and devoted partner and my super comfortable bed! The fact that we live in a place with beautiful surroundings... and THIS wonderful Midstack community! š„° Big hugs to everyone and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! š
Iām grateful for Creative Letters from Robin Cangie. There are always nuggets of wisdom and encouragement in her posts and often itās just the message I needed to hear (and sometimes didnāt realise I did until then).
I am grateful for so much abundance that we enjoy and at the same time I am sad about the expense on the rest of the world for our abundance, whether it is climate impact, wars, genocide. As individuals we need to understand how the global systems work and what we can do to live in a way that others can live.
I am grateful to myself today. I set boundaries and stuck to them, which has historically been difficult for me, and I am relaxing at home with my cats instead of beating down anxiety to get in the car and do the holiday thing. I am also grateful for the community I've found here on Substack - sure there's been a bunch of trolls lately, but for the most part everyone has been supportive and lovely.
Iām so happy for you that you set boundaries. Sending you and your cats virtual ā¤ļø
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I'm very grateful for my blended family, with our three grown kids and their partners wanting to spend holidays with us. For the stability and love my husband brings to my life after so much turmoil. That in our small house we can move things around enough to host our family today
Have a wonderful day with your family. ā¤ļø
I'm grateful to be having a small, peaceful Thanksgiving with my husband and our adult children. Who knows how long it will be possible for all of us to gather together?
I wrote this piece about how gratitude can sometimes be complicated--especially this time.of year.
https://open.substack.com/pub/msmiddler/p/thankful?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3gdcc
Yes. It certainly can. Thank you for sharing this.
I'm thankful for Victoria https://substack.com/@carermentor. We connected over the topic of caregiving (she curates and writes compellingly about that experience; I write about life in the sandwich generation -- aging/passing parents and a son with special needs), and she so generously welcomed me into the Substack community. We've collaborated on a Substack project, and we sometimes check in on each other just because. An unexpected blessing in 2024!
Thatās so wonderful to hear that youāve found each other! Thatās lovely that you check in on each other.
Iām very grateful for my messy-happy-enough life. Letting go of perfectionism and recognizing that I am my only brand ambassadorā¦ meaning everyone in my family gets to be their own glorious, colored outside the lines person and I get to celebrate! Itās liberating and delightful.
https://open.substack.com/pub/memoirland/p/happy-messes?r=112vl&utm_medium=ios
That does sound truly liberating. What a gift to you and your family.
I'm grateful that it's our 18th wedding anniversary today! Also if you are expecting a challenging Thanksgiving table, I wrote this post for you...
https://open.substack.com/pub/lisamariecabrelli/p/hot-flashes-and-high-seas-discovering?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2ceh31
Happy anniversary!!
I wrote a whole post about the things for which I am grateful this holiday season. Of course, the number one thing will always be my two organ donors who have allowed me to see 19 holiday seasons that I otherwise would not have been here to celebrate.
https://dawnlevitt.substack.com/p/dearly-beloved-we-are-gathered-here
I canāt imagine the depth of the gratitude you must feel to these donors. Thank you for sharing. ā¤ļø
I'm grateful that I made the choice to stay home today, to be quiet, and creative. I'm grateful for the past 11 months, making new family in Substackland. It's been the most wonderful year of my life. I'm grateful for pumpkin pie and for telling the stories from my pastāāthat makes me smile...oh, and yes, for I'm grateful for chestnut stuffing! See my latest essay, Pass the Stuffing: https://nantepper.com/p/pass-the-stuffing
Ten things I'm grateful for today!
1. My friends, and how connected I feel to groups of people who care for me and *for each other.* It's a community. It's a small town inside a big city. It's radically healing.
2. My body. It's not pain-free, and there's always menopause stuff going on, but my body is capable of healing, and it allows me to do the stuff I want to do.
3. Yoga. Practicing 3-4 times a week keeps me feeling mentally steady and physically strong.
4. My home. I have a home! There's a sofa. An oven. Several beds. A lock on the door. I am comfortable, safe and secure in my home.
5. My husband. Marriage is hard, but the one I'm in brings me way more benefit than bullshit.
6. The death š of skinny jeans and rise of wide pants.
7. Chat GPT. I don't know about the general AI trend and what it means for society. But using Chat GPT to plan stuff, research stuff, and parent a teenager makes my life easier.
8. My cats, Taco and Bean. They like to be petted. Being near them makes me feel warm inside. They're never too busy to be there for me. They patiently wait for hours until I'm ready to pet them.
10. My French coffee press and the locally roasted organic coffee beans that led to the liquid that is now in my cup.
I'm grateful to @elissastrauss for recommending my Substack on hers. It's gotten me some more subscribers and followers, and that makes me happy because although I'd write it anyway, one of the aims is also to build a following to help me get my book published.
Less self-servingly, I'm also grateful to have found some community on Substack and all the rich things I'm able to read and engage with here.
I too am grateful to those who recommend us. Such a powerful way to lift each other up.
I'm a Canadian living in Portugal so is it double dipping to be posting for American Thanksgiving? I think I have enough gratitude to celebrate every day of the year. Today I am grateful I finally scraped up the courage to post my first substack!
https://open.substack.com/pub/postcardsfromparadise/p/mastering-the-art-of-discomfort?r=2v4uc0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I am grateful for giving myself the space to set my own schedule this weekend. Much of this year has been a sea of obligation and by saying no to the right things, I've carved out some quality time for myself before the next chunk begins!
Last night, while I did the preliminary food prep, I watched the film Joy, about the incredible people who persevered and discovered IVF. I wept throughout the whole thing. So grateful to all those who helped me become a mother 22 years ago. https://saltydivas.substack.com/p/three-words-that-changed-my-life
I'm a day late, but I've absolutely LOVED reading through these beautiful comments and all the wonderful things you are all grateful for šš§” I was nearly moved to tears reading some of them! š„ŗ
We don't have Thanksgiving here in the UK, but my dad is American so we always gave it a little nod, but didn't celebrate it in the traditional sense. I've always loved the idea and the opportunity to notice what we're grateful for š I try to encourage my kids to do this often š
I am grateful for my warm, cosy and safe home... for my happy and healthy children, my kind and devoted partner and my super comfortable bed! The fact that we live in a place with beautiful surroundings... and THIS wonderful Midstack community! š„° Big hugs to everyone and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! š
Iām grateful for Creative Letters from Robin Cangie. There are always nuggets of wisdom and encouragement in her posts and often itās just the message I needed to hear (and sometimes didnāt realise I did until then).
https://open.substack.com/pub/creativeletters?r=337k92&utm_medium=ios
I am grateful for so much abundance that we enjoy and at the same time I am sad about the expense on the rest of the world for our abundance, whether it is climate impact, wars, genocide. As individuals we need to understand how the global systems work and what we can do to live in a way that others can live.