50 HAPPY THINGS: BLOGGERS FLOOD THE INTERNET WITH GRATITUDE

“Instigated by Dawn Landau”  at Tales from the Motherland

To join us for this project: 1) Write your post and publish it (please copy and paste the instructions from this post, into yours) 2) Click on the blue frog. 3) That will take you to another window, where you can past the URL to your post. (folks have trouble with this, but it’s not that hard. 4)Follow the prompts, and your post will be added to the Blog Party List. The inLinkz will be open until January 3, 2017

Please note that only blog posts that include a list of 50 (or an attempt to write 50) things that made you feel Happy or 50 things that you are Grateful for, will be included. Please don’t add a link to a post that isn’t part of this exercise; I will remove it. Aside from that one caveat, there is no such thing as too much positivity. Share your happy thoughts, your gratitude; be creative; be happy and grateful, and help us flood the blogosphere with both!

50 Things I’m Thankful For

1. Good health
2. My husband Jan 
3. Our 45^th wedding anniversary in November-celebrating it with good friends
4. My trip to California in November to do a radio interview
5. Time spent painting and bonding with Olive while in California
6. Time spent with Olive’s other grandma while in California
7. Enjoying the visit with my son Travis and daughter in love, Jaimi (Olive’s wonderful parents)
   

   L-R Grandma Dru, Jaimi, Travis with Olive and Bubbie Rochelle

8. Decorating cupcakes with my new daughter in love, Sarah for her wedding reception
9. Time spent in Chicago celebrating my youngest son, Christian’s marriage to Sarah
10. Chatting with my eldest son, Shannon at the reception
11. Friday Fictioneers and the friends I’ve made as a result
12. My daughter in love, Sayda, a gifted horse breeder who did NOT perish in the World Trade Center on 911
13. My third novel, As One Must, One Can debuted this month
14. Coffee Table Book of Illustrations – Companion my trilogy of novels to be published soon
15. My first Barnes and Noble Book Signing in April
16. A nearby indoor lap pool
17. Good watercolors
18. Pencils
19. Laughter and things to laugh about
20. Freedom to pursue my dreams
21. My home
22. Colors, particularly purple.
23. Dry white wine
24. My computer
25. Music
26. Dance
27. My faith
28. Freedom to practice my faith
29. Good books, many of them written by friends
30. Other writers
31. Warmth in the winter
32. Hot and cold running water – not everyone’s so fortunate
33. My doctor who is a strong, beautiful woman
34. My dentist who is also a strong beautiful woman
35. My one and only brother, Jeff Wisoff
36. The Miracle of the internet and Skype (living the science fiction of my youth)
37. The ability to draw and express myself.
38. Air conditioning in the summer
39. Flowers
40. Dogs and cats even though I don’t currently own a pet. They love unconditionally.
41. Soft sheets to sleep on
42. My car
43. Ears that hear
44. My mind
45. Eyes that work…perhaps not as well as they used to.
46. Eyeglasses and contact lenses.
47. Money in the bank. Enough to be comfortable.
48. Fingers that work. I’m blessed, after 40 years of cake decorating not to have carpal tunnel or crippling arthritis.
49. Plenty of water to drink.
50. Hot black coffee in the morning.