15 Small Things and 7 Big Things for Which I Am Thankful

It would seem that late fall is List Season for me… (I say this with no fewer than three lists in the works. Yikes.)

Small Things I Am Thankful For (in no particular order)

• Free shipping
• That I live within walking distance of a family-owned grocery store, a rose-filled public garden, and a library
• Romantic comedies
• Amazon Prime Instant, Netflix streaming, and Pandora
• Waffles on Saturday morning
• The internet
• Slippers in the winter, flip flops in the summer
• The Sharks, the (baseball) Giants, and the (UCLA) Bruins
• Wine
• Rosebud salve
• My Kindle
• Fresh produce from my backyard
• Tote bags
• Board games
• My food processor, stand mixer, and toaster oven

Big Things That I Am Thankful For (again, no particular order)

• A family that I not only love, but also genuinely enjoy and get to hang out with regularly
• Friends who put as much time and energy into our relationships as I do
• My husband, who is a partner in the truest sense of the word
• My education, which is ongoing
• My job, which is valuable and valued
• My body, which is miraculously able and healthy despite the steady stream of caffeine and couch-sitting
• That circumstances have allowed me to pursue and protect numbers 4-6
• The reassuringly-large world, and my reassuringly-small-but-important place in it