The not so little things.

Another trip around the sun. I use to shy away from birthdays. Not make a big deal. I still don’t make a big deal, yet I want the universe to know how grateful I am for this life. This life that comes for me with so much deep feeling, ebbs and flows, and continuing to figure it all out as my path unfolds. Thank you for being here in this space. Thank you for showing up as you do. Here are the 52 things I am grateful for on this morning of my birthday.

A perfectly ripe avocado

Moss on a redwood tree

Bainbridge Island

A crescent moon

The color blush

Midnight Blue

Mexican hot chocolate

Leopard print in moderation

Being able to remember my Dads voice, even though it has been 12 years

Giggles  I hear from the children who live next door

That really soft part of a horses nose

Balancing 1/2 Moon

The relationship with my mother we continue to learn and heal

My favorite pair of jeans

Paris

My ex-husband - really

A well made bed

Concerts at the Greek Theatre

My boys sense of humor

My oldest’s wisdom

My youngest’s strength

Friends who notice

Just a spoonful of peanut butter and honey

Music

Poetry

Tenderness

Old Cary Grant Movies

Waking up and seeing the sun wake up to

Dusk in the summer in the mountains

Compassion

Road trips with just the right people beside you

My boys together in the kitchen giving me a lot of shit and teasing from the day

Carob shakes at Sunflower Drive in

Neill

A soft place to land

Palo Santo

Hanalei

Bergamot Tea

Her arms around me

The smell of a citrus tree blooming up close

Love the soft easy kind

Writing and all it brings me

Teaching yoga

Listening

Kitchen dance parties

New friends made

Old friends who stay

Animals that rescue us

Radiant Yoga and all it holds

Carmel by the sea

A blanket of a star filled sky

Memories of those I have loved so deeply who are no longer here