It’s Friday!

You know what that means…time for some Good Vibrations Gratitude.

These are the Top 5 things I am grateful for this week.

1. Daylight Savings Time

   You may noticed that I have been quiet on the blog this week.  The first was that after writing my two most recent blog posts (here and here), I had nothing to say.  I keep wanting to say I felt emotionally drained but the term “drained” doesn’t really sum it up well.  Maybe I was actually content? I got out what I needed to.  If I was feeling content, I am sure it will only last for a New York Minute.  Because as the week ends, I am started to feel new emotions and thoughts bubbling up.  Periods were I don’t have anything to say don’t happen often and don’t last long when they happen.

   My lack of writing is also due to the fact that Daylight Savings Time really screws me up.  Every year.  For like, a whole week.  Each day I have been hitting the later class at my gym because I can’t get my act together to go to the one I normally attend.

   But I am grateful for Daylight Savings Time because I love the fact that the sun is out until 7 pm.

   It makes this messed up week totally worth it.

   

2. Moments of joy

   I have been working on feeling the joy of living in the present moment.

   And what better example of feeling the joy of living in the present moment than seeing how excited my daughter was to try on her dance recital dress?  I couldn’t help but feel joy because my daughter was so happy.  I can’t wait to see her dance in her first recital.

   

3. For what I do have

   It is easy to think about my previous life and dwell on what I no longer have.

   I decided to be grateful for what I do have.  I have my daughter.  I have family.  I have friends who are my family.  I never spend holidays alone.I have a roof over my head.  I have a job.  I have my health.

   I have it good.

4. SnapChat

   I have had SnapChat for about a year and a half but never used it.  I downloaded it shortly after Bryon died.  I was at a friends birthday party and everyone was showing me how to use it.  I signed up, got some friends and never used it.

   Kimmy Gibbler told me I need to use it when we were at brunch a few weeks back.  So I have been on it.  I admit, I love all the filters.

   Lately I have been turning inward a little bit.  I haven’t been on Facebook as much.  Partly because it was hard to see everyone living their perfect lives with their alive spouses.  (And yes, get no one’s life is perfect but once in awhile I have bad days where I would take my worst day with Bryon over my widowed life.)

   I also needed to turn inward because I needed to set some boundaries with my social media presence.  I know I am very open about my grief process on the blog and on social media.  And that won’t change.  I do this to help other people- those who are also grieving as well as those who want to better understand the grieving process.

   But there are some people who think that  they somehow have a say in my life and are entitled to know things about me that are none of their business.  Just because I share my grief journey does not make my whole life public property.  So I have been quieter on social media.

   I have been enjoying SnapChat because I can still socialize and take pictures but I can choose who receives it.  It’s been the same 5-10 people because I am an elitist like that.  (Just kidding!)

   My friends send me videos of their golden retriever and I send videos back to them of my daughter.  It’s a fun time.

   

5. A kickass week at the gym.

   I got bronchitis in December and felt like I hadn’t rebounded.  But I feel like I had good workouts this week and that I am back on track.

What are you grateful for this week?