100. What Makes Me Grateful

in no particular order:

1 My body and health

2 My love and partner in crime Mr Badass Brehaut

3 My bro for always bringing the laughs

4 My mom for never ceasing to amaze or inspire 

5 My daddy

6 Mi amigos: Manly and Biela, protection, kindness and divinity in furry form

7 My lovable and bigger than life, vietnamese family. Cousins, nieces, nephews, aunties and uncles

8 My in-laws and extended family - Granny, Daddy the entire Brehaut clan

9 Friendz. Relationships and future acquaintances

10 My eye surgery - Dr Goodman

11 My gum surgery - Dr Panaite, Meridith

12 My dentist - Dr Bridges, Emily, Jan

13 Kickass realtor extraordinare - Karen Yu

14 The Writing Salon - teacher, Kathleen and all the incredible budding writers

15 SF Solo Performance Workshop - teacher, Martha and fellow performers: Beth, David, Deirdre, LeTeigra, Heather

16 Music - singing teacher Marianna. Blue Bear School

17 San Francisco - Letting go

18 Crossing Thunder

19 Travel - Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Pura Vida, Baby!!)

20 My traveling deities: Saraswati, Ganesh and Wombie

21 San Carlos, Mexico - Mark

22 Puerto Vallarta morning communion - Molly’s apartment, sopa de verduras, cuisas

23 Raisins

24 San Miguel De Allende, Mexico - Suzanne, Sashi, Mica. Spanglish

25 Agua de Jamaica

26 Guayaba - Guava

27 Blue Bread

28 Oaxaca - Poopenstance, Season’s of My Heart. Susana Trilling

29 Being gracious

30 Lake Atitlan - Joyce, Tim, Miguel, Mateo, Pedro, Maya, Ines (Artista De Flores)

31 Pain Aux Raisins

32 Volcan de San Pedro

33 Apples

34 The beautiful and godly Tzutujil men, women, children and babies

35 Gateau au yogurt

36 Taxi boat rides

37 Strawberries

38 Border Crossings

39 Our 4X4 Mitsubishi aka Boris

40 Playa El Cuco, El Salvador. La Tortuga Verde - Mike and all the staff. The man who drew us a map on sand. The delicious fish head soup (El Savadorean cooking some of the best eats!)

41 Albert the pelican

42 Miracles in Honduras

43 Granada, Nicaragua. Heart lessons: Just not that into you

44 Isla Ometepe - Casa Finca: George, Emerson, plantains and fried fish

45 Ferry Crossings

46 Samara, Costa Rica - Sherry and Larry

47 Punta Coyote, Costa Rica - Wayne’s World!

48 Montezuma, Costa Rica - Mike, Alice and Cristos

49 Chocolate

50 Howler monkeys and white throated magpie jays

51 Zoe Inman

52 Toasters - Naan

53 Santa Teresa and her community - Canaihma Chill House - Juan Carlos, Alexia, Avi, Adi, Andy, Deanne - Dog the Cat

54 Lee Bierman

55 Bruce Lee

56 Fried chausson aux pommes

57 Empanadas - Gracias Ms Julia!

58 Chicken baked in bread

59 A comfortable bed to sleep in

60 Clean water, clean clothes

61 An oven 

62 To breaking glasses. L’chaim!

63 Nature and beauty

64 Fungus. Green mold

65 Green grasshoppers and geckos

66 The sound of water flowing

67 The sound of Manly and Biela’s burp after breakfast

68 A nice long embrace

69 Rain and the sun right after

70 Eggplants

71 Sleep and rest

72 A nice long run

73 The ol' heart opening and cracking

74 Writing. Wifi

75 Expressing myself honestly - speaking my truth

76 Forgiveness

77 My throat chakra

78 Dreaming

79 Beginning

80 The full moon

81 Surprises

82 Jumping

83 Tomato soup

84 Flour and butter

85 Honey

86 Coffee and lipton tea

87 Turning 35

88 Cinnamon Ginger Bay Leaf Chilies

89 Books that have found me this year - Me Talk Pretty - Traveling Mercies - The Shipping News - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - The Kite Runner

90 Manly finding his bark

91 Biela’s soft kisses on my finger

92 The freedom to choose

93 Releasing judgment

94 Retelling my grandfather’s stories

95 Listening and asking. Intimacy

96 Receiving

97 A stranger’s smile

98 My master wound

99 The creator in us all

100 And if you've made it through this long ass list...grateful for you for reading this!