snowy day in brooklyn gratitude

i’m grateful for
1) snow, snow, snow!
2) prospect park in the snow, snow snow. magical. sleds, snowmen, “wheees,” tree climbing kids, idyllic little tableaus or paths and benches and everything covered in amazing soft white.
3) j, for going to the park
4) bittersweet hot chocolate from the chocolate room. omg. is there such a thing as an oral IV? because i’m down.
5) edible brooklyn magazine
6) trampolining my butt off while it’s all snowy out there
7) that i made good on half a writing buddy promise (just not, you know, my actual writing part.)
8) a tidy, stocked home
9) the urge to blog
10) l, for reading much of my long, crazy blog from the harrowing beginning part and emailing me about it. i just re-read a bunch. wow. just wow. that was all so hard. and it was this time of year, exactly four years ago. i’m grateful that i wrote about it here and elsewhere. i’m grateful that people read it. i’m grateful that i’m alive and have hair and am healthy and moving more and more toward the happier statistics with each healthy year.
11) the spinach tortellini i’m about to cook
12) perfect winter days
13) martin luther king, jr.
14) TOMORROW!!!! gobama! gobama! woot. sorry, but, i mean, fracking YAY.