I've been up since 5.
It's been several weeks of both challenges and of gratitudes.
The injury from my recent fall has sent me to physiotherapy for both laser and hands- on treatment for my right knee and surrounding area.
This trauma has made me forgo doing so much of what I count on to make my days joyful.
I've had to curtail my daily walks to Willows Beach and surrounding area as well as doing almost nothing in the garden I love.
I don't look at the health app on my phone which seems to blame me for taking far fewer steps this week and this month than I have previously.
While I have been feeling discouraged and bordering on depression, my daughter Sat-Sung, who lives in Israel, has asked me to join her in a daily practice.
Each day we message to each other 3 Gratitudes and 3 Wins.
While I was initially upset for having a poor sleep, my first Gratitude today is "the birds are singing in a nearby tree."
While it is is so difficult for me not to be in gardening gear when the spring garden explodes, Thursday's Gratitudes, all 3 of them, were "I met J and he knows and loves plants and he will work in my garden!"
The Wins have been harder for me to compose.
What qualifies as a Win, I wonder?
My daughter has explained that it doesn't need to be something BIG.
So today, my first Win is holding my loving cat, Oliver, in a warm hug.
And Win #2 is sharing my thoughts with whoever reads my blog entries.
the first poppy in my garden
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