Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.

1. The smell of food being prepared drifting from the kitchen.
2. Being handed my emergency passport eventually. Took only three trips into city centre and about seven hours of patiently waiting!
3. Messages from all the people I love wishing me, my daughter and her baby ‘Bon Voyage’.
4. Helpful and friendly shop assistants.
5. Getting home safely after a day out on my own, and a glass of chilled wine awaiting me when I walked in the door.
6. A mild winter’s day, when not too much padding was needed before venturing outside.

1. At last finishing the thick novel I was reading. It gave me much food for thought on life and in particular relationships.
2. Achieving my ‘do yoga 30 times in 30 days’ goal, and for all the cheers and congratulations from my team mates.
3. People here on 43things whom I now consider friends.
4. The last-minute bits that needed doing before I leave England, including saying goodbyes, can be marked ‘done’.
5. Finishing a heap of laundry, including ironing! (Wipes brow)
6. The luxury of lots of ‘free’ time.

1. I’m grateful for being here to celebrate the first year of my grandson’s existence on earth.
2. I’m grateful for a peaceful morning in which I could reflect.
3. I’m grateful to the trainee hairdresser who styled my hair with so much care today, even though she was nervous as anything. I spent the most relaxing two and and a half hours with her snip-snipping away; almost fell asleep. The end result isn’t bad either.
4. I’m grateful that my daughter got her baby’s passport sorted out.
5. I’m grateful for my kids’ appreciation of a simple home-cooked meal I served them tonight.

1. I’m grateful to be part of this team. Thanks again, NYC, for inviting me here.
2. I’m grateful for seeing the sun today, even if it was fleeting.
3. I’m grateful that my daughter has the assurance that her problems with her and her baby’s passports will be sorted out tomorrow.
4. I’m grateful for the Yoga team on 43T. For their unfailing support and inspiration.
5. I’m grateful that I have a mind of my own, and that I can ‘make up’ my own mind.

for this invitation, NYC.