I’m got a Thanksgiving article on Work It, Mom! called “The Attitude of Gratitude” about teaching our children to practice gratitude. Check it out!
On the day my daughter was born, I wrote seventeen things in my gratitude journal (#1 was “she is here and healthy.” #2 was “That epidural was NICE.”) On the day my husband died from leukemia, I wrote twenty-nine things in my gratitude journal. That certainly doesn’t mean it was a better day; it just goes to show that there are gifts around us even in the darkest times. The daily practice of gratitude keeps me in that state where I can receive them.