GRATEFUL

 

If I were to ask you what "grateful" means, what would you say? It's a feeling, a deep sense of thankfulness; it's an emotional experience to feel grateful! In the world today, it's important to cultivate and identify things that produce the oil of gratefulness to help you with the rough patches. 

Sheldon and I are back (and presently quarantining) from a trip to Vancouver to meet our second grandson, Caleb, and spend time with our son Adrian and his wife Carolyn. 

Here's the new Little Prince!

He presently excels at smiling, general chit-chat and has mastered the "B" sound!

I'm so grateful to be able to meet and hold this little precious bundle. 

Adrian and Carolyn are working through all the joys, all the surprises and all the struggles of figuring out how to raise another human being.

I'm grateful for them and their deep love for Caleb. I know they will do an amazing job. 

Travelling is not something we are doing a lot of right now so it was a privilege to visit Vancouver and take in its beauty. 

Mighty towering trees

And mountains kissing the clouds

The gardens still hold flowers, long gone in Ontario. 

Even the statues are trying to capture a pic!

We did not have any sushi this time round but the coffee is amazing and there were always treats to go along with it.

Does this cinnamon bun look delicious? It was, believe me!

I'm back home now and got the greatest, wiggliest welcome from Lulu. 

I'm very grateful for the opportunity to travel to Vancouver. I'm also very grateful to be home. Life has its share of frustrations, pain and roadblocks, but searching out the many things I have to be grateful for makes my perspective balanced.