A little late but today is still Friday! You survived the week!

Do you know what this means?  It’s time for some Good Vibrations Gratitude!

Since I was too busy last week, I did not do a Gratitude post so this is going to cover the past two weeks.

1. Time with my daughter

   Dance class and gymnastics class never get old.

   

   
2. The fact that summer is almost over

   This is probably an unpopular opinion but I am ready for summer to be over.  I am from Maine and this humidity is killing me.  I am not going to rush the end of summer because I know Fall will be here soon but I can’t wait.  Bring on the pumpkin spice!

   

3. A good concert with a good friend

   One of my besties and I got a chance to see REO Speedwagon and Chicago at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC). It was a great time.  Personally I thought the REO Speedwagon half was better than Chicago.  I like Chicago’s music but it was very mellow and almost a let down after rocking to REO Speedwagon.  Just my two cents.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
4. Getting by with a little help from my friends.

   Some of my friends have stepped up to help me clean out Bryon’s storage unit.   When Bryon died, so many people said that they would be there to help in any way needed but whenever I ask for help, it is always the same few people who offer to help.

   There is no way I could I ever payback these friends for the kindness they have for me.  I could not get by without these friends.  No mentions, they know who they are.

5. The little memories that make me smile.

   Bryon and I had a good 8 years.  And every day, I am usually reminded of something funny he did.

   I was driving my daughter to dance class and Orleans “Still the One” came on the radio.

   

   Now, if you are a longtime reader of this blog, you may remember that Bryon and I met while participating in politics.  (Don’t worry, this is not a political blog.  A story may pop up here and there but there will not being any preaching.  Grief and death don’t know political parties.  I love you all!)

   You might remember that John Hall made a stink about George W Bush playing the song “Still the One” at a Rally in 2004.

   Anyway, John Hall went one to become a Congressman in New York State and in 2010, Bryon and I, along with some of our Young Republican friends worked on a campaign weekend and we dropped literature for his opponent, Dr. Nan Hayworth.

   

   

   

   And I remember Bryon writing this tweet and thinking it was so funny.

    He could have been tweeting in this picture.

   

   And even though he is gone, I am grateful for those little memories that make me smile.

   What are you grateful for this week?