Once
again, it's been a while since I've posted. Life has brought it's twists
and turns and has kept me busy and guessing. For some reason, I have been
contemplating getting back into blogging lately. For some reason, tonight I had
the urge. The urge to pick up the computer and start typing. I feel like
so much has happened since the last time I wrote. I guess I have a lot of
catching up to do……. I was trying to remember why I stopped writing
in the first place. It was right around Christmastime, last year. I think
writing started becoming a chore and I didn't like that so I let it go and
didn't come back until now…
Somewhere
in between the madness of working, traveling and more working, I've
seriously neglected to write my gratitude list. In the name of acknowledging
my A.D.D and re-inventing things, I've decided this holiday I'll kick it off
and start a monthly Thankful Thursday tradition.
So here
goes……My Thankful Thursday:
I'm thankful the leaves in the Bay have finally recognized that it's fall and changed their outfits. It's about time...
I'm thankful for the magazine/book shout outs I've received this year and my awesome boss. It's been an incredible year of professional growth.
I'm thankful for these face. I'm the luckiest auntie.
I'm thankful for goodbyes. Old friendships I've had to let go, my amazing cat Max who entered my life for a season but I know he's tearing up someone else's couch somewhere and is loved. I think in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of learning to let things go, What's the most hurtful is perhaps never having a moment to say goodbye.
I'm thankful for my dog Olivia. Whose request for walks and romps get me off the couch but has taught me patience and no matter what I do (tell stupid jokes, come home late, sing off-key or make huge mistakes) she never complains and love me just the way I am - with all my faults and idiosyncrasies.
I'm thankful for this view from my humble abode.
I'm thankful for conducts, duress, rough patches. You'd hardly think of these things as something positive, something good but thanks to conflict, duress and rough patches in my life, I've grown and am still a work in progress.
I'm thankful for all the amazing people in my life. My family (especially my mom) and ALL my cousins. My forever kinda friends I've known for over 10 years and a few less than that (Faith, Rose, Vanessa, Avila, Tingle, Veronica, Michelle, Darla) - there is nothing like your unwavering and loyal friendship. We may not talk or see each other often, but we have this unspoken familial thing always….. My friends I've known and have come to know and adore, you've welcomed me with open arms in Cali (LaFawn, D, Tonya, Miriam, Shannon, Mina, Nichole, Van Burens, Victoria, Sylvia, Emily, Cindy, Charlotte). To my New York friends in the Bay who make it easier not to get homesick (Amber, Sunshine, Tokuda, Keisha, Stacy). My colleagues who help me keep my sanity @ work (Ada, Nichole, Paul, Ricarte, Yoshida Mily, Nikhila, Natalie, Monica, and so many others to mention……. ….including my mentees that also have taught me a thing or two about life as well). Remember it's a way 2 street (Diana, Janet).
Finally, to the love of my life - I say to thee: "it's true when they say that those we meet dual to each other can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names"
I'm
thankful for music and art. The artful expression of writing never
really dies - it just needs to rest until the passion is re-ignited
again.
I'm
thankful for this beautiful life that can bring joy and pain in equal
measure. Joy because you are all with me, but pain because it won't be for long
as life is short. Let me say plainly, I love you. Live the life you are
in. I'm sure I've left some folks out but it's not intentional. I'm
blessed and humbled to have many people in my life albeit for a
season, a reason or a lifetime.
What are
you thankful for?
Beautiful Post Nava!
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