4-28-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The promise of a refreshing shower later today, complete with strawberry body wash and loofah
Cheese enchiladas topped with carnitas, roasted peppers and onions, and sour cream
A green tea and red bean ice cream sandwich in the shape of a fish
John and Mary Kay’s generous hearts and help with a huge outside project
A heart tender enough to care, strong enough to keep going
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈☔️
4-27-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Lively time with dear family, celebrating birthdays
A solid and productive morning spent outside with the grass, the birds, and sweet memories
Knowing how much sugar is too much in one day
Nora’s giggles
White pizza on a cauliflower crust
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍕
4-26-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Evidence of last night’s woodland creature escapades on the morning walk
Locking eyes with three does and a buck near the woods
The zen of landscaping on a cool and sunny day
Rediscovering treasures in the barn
Orange juice with breakfast
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🏳️🌈🐈⬛☀️
4-25-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
When the expense of lawn looks like green velvet right after it’s mowed
The luxury of sleeping in on a Saturday, with no trace of guilt whatsoever
Looking at Tink’s kitten pictures with Mike
Peanut butter and strawberries in my morning oats
Giving away stuff in good condition
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐈⬛
4-24-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the bigness of the woods gives context to my smallness
Cumin noodles with rotisserie chicken and peas
The simple thrill of new windshield wipers
Candy cane ice cream after dinner
A gathering of volunteers and lively discussion
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍦
4-23-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The cheese curds at Bickerdyke Table & Tap
A most exciting and dramatic storm on the way home from work, complete with hail and strobe lightning
Seeing deer and rabbits in the field who are familiar and sweet
Earlier sunrises and brighter skies
The calm that comes from within
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛈️
4-22-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My brother Mike, good company at the park and ride until the bus comes
Egg salad with dill relish, horseradish and Frank’s Redhot, on toast
Sitting on the porch, watching the neighboring farmer prep the field for planting
Reading before bed
The warm breezes of spring, soothing cares away
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝✨
4-21-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Mike, safe and sound on the ground
Sushi from a Hawaiian 7-Eleven
The power of family and reconnecting
Help with projects that require heavy lifting, literally
Beauty in all directions—sunrise, woods, fields, creek
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨☀️
4-20-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Fig and honey goat cheese
Chia seed pudding with fresh strawberries and coconut cream
Stars above, earth below
Waking up to a clean kitchen
Kneeling on the ground, pulling weeds, looking up at the blue sky now and then, feeling connected to everything
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈⛅️
4-19-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Time with Andrew and Rebecca, talking, walking the land, being
A plan for today. Just today
How homemade pizza hits the spot every time
Chocolate tea from Hawaii
Getting ready for my brother to visit and stay
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍍
4-18-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The beginning of a new way to help people use EQ
Waking up to less chaos, a little more peace
Bringing wildflowers inside before cutting the grass
Shamrock plants
Dropping off another granola order
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐒
4-17-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A quiet dinner at a local diner, reading “Presentation Zen”
Finally telling a story I’ve been sitting on for 11 years
The good and soulful people I’ve been learning with and about these past two weeks
The beauty of other people’s stories
Andi’s help on the land today
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝✨
4-16-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Morning mind exercises
Birds singing in the pre-dawn darkness
Time on the porch steps, looking out into the meadow, feeling humbled and lucky
Patches of four-leaf clovers, waiting to be discovered and celebrated
Amber’s kind and creative spirit
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🪴
4-15-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Strobe lightning reflected in the creek
Tink, calm as bath water during the storm
Points of connection that run deep
A dragonfruit and mango bowl from Tropical Frappe, with toasted coconut, granola, bananas, kiwi, and pineapple
Having enough food
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝
4-14-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Good physical work first thing in the morning, then a cup of tea and the New York Times puzzles
A wild turkey strolling across the garden out back like he owns the place (which he does)
The art of box stacking
Robyn’s encouragement
Rearranging my Pyrex collection in a vintage Hoosier cabinet
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈✨🐝
4-13-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Managing a few temporary household disruptions with a good natured spirit
Peggy and Rob’s help yesterday with some time-sensitive projects
Downsizing even more than I imagined was possible
Order out of chaos, eventually
The dip sampler from Pancho’s Tacos
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝🐇🐜🐒
4-12-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Being in the middle of breakthrough growth and staying with it
People who support my small granola business with such sweet enthusiasm
Six acres cut before the rains come this week
Adjusting as best I can
What dark chocolate does for a headache
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🍫
4-11-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Restorative sleep and fun dreams
A day of life-transforming learning that was hard-won
Starting the day with a road trip to Circleville
Sending love and support across the miles
Doing what it takes to be healthy and whole and at peace
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🌳
4-10-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
My EQ classmates in the Facilitator certification training I’m taking
Dinner with Marie, after way too long with just texting between us
Smooth commutes to and from work yesterday
Landing softly in bed and giving the day’s burden to the night that held me fast while I slept
A fridge full of eggs = spring
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🐣
4-9-2026
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Matt’s reassuring words and presence just before I fall asleep
A quiet dinner to unpack my thoughts
The carrot cake from Aladdin’s
Having what I need for the day, nothing more
Nurturing self-talk
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🐝