There’s A Lot to Be Grateful For

Welcome to this week’s Marketing for Romance Writers 52-week Blog Challenge. As we wind down the year, many of us begin to think about what we are grateful for, hence the topic of this week’s post is I’m Grateful For.

I feel that there should be several obvious answers of family, friends and health, etc. I could write that and be done with the post, and I think many would share the same sentiments. I also participate in Thankful Authors each year and wrote a post in November about something a bit off the wall that I’m thankful for—the Internet and why it has redeeming qualities. But there are other things I’m grateful for. Often, they’re the little things that are really the big things.

Conflicting Waves of Gratitude

I have a love/hate relationship with time. I’m always wishing it away, and wishing I could turn it back for various reasons. There are things I would change, other things I’d like to revisit. Other times I just want to make it stop. None of these are within my control.

One reason is because time seems to steal away youth and vitality. Not just for me, but those that I love. So on one hand I’m bitter when I see how time has robbed the ones I love. But then I feel grateful that time has given me these years to enjoy when others haven’t been as fortunate.

But when I feel the weight of time on my back, sometimes resentment bubbles up within me, but then I remember all there is to be grateful for. I mean, literally, my back.

It’s the Little Things

I’ve had several herniated discs over the years, and spend much of my time working sitting in a chair. Neither bode well for my back. When aches and pains slow my step, and make me wince, I’m a bit bitter as I remember the time when I never felt a flicker of discomfort. But then I recall when it was much worse. When I couldn’t turn over and the effort to get out of a car took me ten or more minutes. Those things come to mind now and then and I’m grateful that it improved.

It truly is the little things that are the big things that are important in life.

I’m Grateful for You

I’ve always been writing stories, and I don’t know that I could ever stop, even if I didn’t share them with anyone. Writing is just part of who I am. It’s what I do. Whether people love or hate my stories, or my characters, I must release them and find out what’s going on in their world.

To know there are others—readers—who’ve met my characters, or shared their journey, and want to know more—I’m forever grateful.

Because readers help make my characters come to life and share in my dreams.

It’s a Blog Hop

Don’t forget to hop around and see what the other authors are grateful for. It is the reason for the season, but hopefully we can all carry this feeling of gratefulness with us all year long, and not just during the holidays

What Are You Grateful For?

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