The sheer volume of What Must Be Done lately has completely buried me. I am worn down, tired, and frustrated. Summer school is supposed to give the kids structure (so they don’t sit in the house fighting all day) and me time to work and see to my own “oxygen mask,” but it hasn’t worked out that way this summer.
So it’s a good thing for me to be intentional about gratitude—because, left to my own devices, I would only grouse.
I am grateful for:
Sightings of my (secular fiction) book “in the wild”–this one is Rhode Island, but I’ve gotten these shots from Colorado, California, Chicago, Florida, Oklahoma, Michigan, New Jersey, and more. Anxious book mamas can take a deep breath, seeing those shots.Wine dinner with my husband–what a lovely evening!Daily giggles from the Daily Buzz my chromosomally-gifted daughter does at school as part of her self-awareness, self-reporting, executive functioning IEP goal.My patio and back yard. I’d live our here if I could.
Oh yes…and this.
DONE with driving lessons! We have a third licensed driver in the house… FINALLY. Photo by Kindel Media on Pexels.com
Intentional Catholic 