Blessings

The things I am grateful for today:

Waking in the morning feeling rested
I stretched in the smooth sheets and looked at the clock. It's early, I'm awake and have plenty of time to eat, read the paper and iron the outfit I want to wear.

Docent Meetings starting up at LBMA
After 6 weeks sans docent classes, meetings or tours, I am engaged once again at an art museum that is perched on the bluffs of Long Beach surrounded by creativity.

Breakfast
A steamy mug of rich coffee lightened with fat free half and half, some toast and a nectarine.

My 13 year old Lexus
When I get in the driver's seat, I will never get tired of its scent. I mentioned it this summer when Sonny boy was home, and when he got in the car with me that day, he said, "this car does smell good."

The people that have become my friends at the museum
We all gathered to hear the latest news about the fate of our museum. Wanting only the best for our beloved house of art. So far, so good. On to Auction XIII!
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The beautiful and inspiring talent that I see and learn from when I go to the LBMA
Where else can you go to peak into the souls of the creative? Art in all shapes, colors, sizes and message.

The air in September at the Beach
It was crisp and nostalgic like saying good-bye to summer, 100 memories of first days of school, the tumbling leaves of autumn, the beckoning of Halloween and the deep colors of sunset.

My fast reflexes
Whew, I had it when I needed it and I am grateful! I was casually driving home from the museum, fiddling with the sunroof of my Lexus, and had to to swerve fast and hard to avoid colliding with a woman driving an SUV, who drove straight at me as if I weren't there.

Facebook
The friend whom I have never met, but she learned about my blog on a mutual friend's page, and has given me such wonderful compliments, I feel like I have gotten deep breaths of inspiration! Thank You, Kelli

Getting a good idea for a story/plot while working out at the gym
I pray for the discipline to get this one written. Oh, to be able to spend as many hours on this story as I do on, well, almost anything else but writing.

A call from my Sonny boy
He just wanted to say hi and fill me in on the latest stuff he's been up to.

As my dear step father used to say, "Counting your blessings is the way to make your life full and sweet." Amen
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