- living in a country that honors the legacy of Martin Luther King
- the love songs of Al Green, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Spinners
- having two older sisters who were teen-agers listening to Motown when I was growing up. My young ears were trained to love a good rhythm from an early age
- being in a position for the last many years that allows me to set my own hours
- warm clothes. it’s actually freezing here in northern California!
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
—Melody Beattie


