365 of graditudings by me

I decided last November that I needed to be more grateful and more directed toward finding good things every single day so I made a goal to write something I was grateful for every day for a year. Although the list is backwards from Oct 2023-Nov 2022, I hope you enjoy reading and know that I'm grateful for so many wonderful things.

Oct. 2023

1. We heard Triston laugh all day long 
2. New watch from my sweet Travis
3. Jazz Band 
4. Powder puff
5. My coworkers are the best therapists around 
6. I get to wear long sleeved shirts again
7. Puppies
8. Playing games and laughing
9. Tara
10. Carolyn and Natalie
11. Sweater weather
12. Tristons surgery success 
13. Corn hole
14. Nuf Said’ers
15. Odells and Laurie. Puppy watchers. 
16. Hawaii with da boyz
17. Ho’okena beach park 
18. Talking with Triston 
19. Time to rest
20. Black sand
21. Zen nap on the beach 
22. Hawaii as a whole. 
23. Our home 
24. Piles of fall leaves 
25. Walking
26. Cob salads 
27. Lunch dates
28. Making money
29. Travis’s piano talent
30. Chris my boss 
31. Halloween 

Sept 2023

1. Laughter in the office
2. My family and their support and encouragement and perseverance 
3. Sunday nap
4. Holiday pay 
5. My kids independence. A blessing and a curse 
6. I was a great discharge planner today
7. Natalie and Carolyn
8. Date night
9. Service with friends 
10. Ethan has been so happy lately. It’s the best
11. Cooler temperatures 
12. Triston is doing great at school and at home. 
13. I make money doing something I enjoy and it helps our family 
14. Rain, rain and more rain
15. Fridays 
16. The boys worked hard at their jobs today.
17. Travis
18. The ability I have to be me at home and at work and at church. 
19. My village especially the adults who are “there” for my kids
20. Fall crisp air 
21. Fall soccer weather 
22. Puppy love
23. Women’s conference 
24. Nursery kids 
25. My time management skills rocked today
26. Medicaid for Triston 
27. Flexibility in my job 
28. Working muscles 
29. Last day with some really inexperienced residents
30. I had the chance to listen to conference 

Aug 2023

1. Lunch with my boys
2. Family texting
3. My faith in a higher power and in a plan. 
4. Tiffany and Cory 
5. Hard work
6. The Book of Mormon 
7. Natalie 
8. Phoebes wiggly buns when she sees me 
9. Driving to and from work with Travis 
10. Liam saying “my Kedzie”
11. Celebrating a 4.0 with Ethan 
12. High school soccer begins for Alex and Triston
13. Travis once again is my rock
14. Three boys in high school. Am I really grateful?! 
15. Forever friends are the best
16. My personal values and beliefs
17. Good pet groomers
18. Utah State University 
19. Kedzie is successfully moved into her dorm room 
20. Diana and Gary’s love for us
21. Our cars
22. Golf for Ethan
23. I can drive my own car to and from work!
24. Laughter is the best 
25. Fridays for real
26. Time to organize the basement 
27. FaceTime 
28. Motivation to clean and organize 
29. Alex’s attitude toward HS soccer teammates is amazing 
30. Churros
31. A win for horizon soccer

July 2023

1. Renaissance festival with Kedzie, Travis and Ethan
2. Relaxing all afternoon
3. It was just a great day all around 
4. My freedoms, food, shelter and clothing 
5. Phoebe snuggles 
6. The temple 
7. Tennis 
8. Sleeping
9. My kids 
10. Fallout boys remake of we didn’t start the fire 
11. I’m organized 
12. Girlfriend therapy
13. Car talk
14. Friday
15. Travis
16. The Holland’s 
17. Air conditioning 
18. Old friends 
19. Tennis for Alex
20. Chris G
21. Our home
22. Air conditioning
23. Time to relax
24. Air conditioned car seats
25. Friends that know who you are
26. Sunshine after rain 
27. Laying on my couch after a long day at work 
28. My family all together and happy
29. Hands! They’re incredible. They work, the touch, they love, they fix, they do it all
30. Today I felt the spirit
31. Ethan and Kedzie love their jobs 

June 2023

1. Walking
2. Phoebes fluffy hair
3. Donuts 
4. Nursery
5. iPhones 
6. Sunshine and blue skies
7. My village
8. Pink drinks
9. Parents 
10. Lake Mac with da boyz
11. Naps
12. Mac n cheese
13. Laughter between Alex and Triston 
14. Ethan mowing lawns
15. Nice patients 
16. Class of ‘93
17. Physical abilities 
18. Kansas with Travis and Phoebe 
19. Air conditioning 
20. Hard work 
21. Ability to manage time
22. Apple products
23. Friday!
24. Urgent Vets
25. The Chosen 
26. ECNL playoff experience for Alex. 
27. Alex’s assist wins the game!
28. Lunch with friends and family
29. Thinking of positive things rather than dwelling on the negative
30. Temperature

May 2023

1. Lunch outside with Carolyn 
2. Panda Express
3. Alex
4. Orchestra for Kedzie 7yrs
5. Friday
6. Graduation party success
7. Happy family time 
8. Paint ball and smiles
9. No shoes in the grass 
10. The smell of rain
11. Travis’s cooking 
12. No work on a Friday
13. Graduates!
14. My mom
15. My MSW 
16. People who help my kids
17. Kedzies graduation
18. My boss Chris
19. Diet Coke with a shot of root beer
20. Dog trainer Anita
21. Kedzie
22. Triston 
23. No more middle school
24. Rain
25. Laughter 
26. The beach 
27. Sleeping 
28. Healthy children
29. My family 
30. My home 
31. Supportive friends 

April 2023

1. Chick fil a scholarships 
2. My Savior Jesus Christ
3. My car. 
4. Hugs
5. Coworkers
6. Home sweet home
7. Yard work 
8. Soccer games outside 
9. He is Risen 
10. Jill and Betsy 
11. Sunshine and warmth
12. Walks
13. Closing my eyes
14. My puppies
15. Alex’s bow and arrow analogy 
16. Productivity
17. Tristons laugh 
18. Laughter to tears at work
19. Pasta
20. My soccer friends 
21. The spirit in the temple 
22. Nuf Said 
23. Kedzie
24. Cute clothes
25. Alex’s brain is back! 
26. Netflix 
27. Take your kids to work day
28. Medication
29. Yard work 
30. Teachers 

March 2023

1. Therapists, good ones! 
2. Peace after work at home 
3. Phoenix with ECNL Alex 
4. Sunshine 
5. Home
6. Laughter 
7. My car 
8. No traffic 
9. Middle school basketball
10. Fridays 
11. Spring soccer
12. Alex’s team finally scored!
13. Walking the dogs 
14. Medical care 
15. My bed
16. Time
17. Dinner with friends 
18. Sunshine and soccer
19. Travis
20. Day off with boys
21. Patient and kind managers 
22. Moms 
23. People opening up to me 
24. The Forsyth’s hugs 
25. Clean couch! 
26. Forever friends with the Holland’s 
27. 10 minutes of utter silence 
28. Fresh nails 
29. Chick fil a 
30. Dr. Rhoades
31. End of March

February 2023

1. It’s not January!
2. Laughter is the best 
3. Sunshine!
4. Travis
5. Positive sabbath 
6. Travis
7. Ethan’s 16
8. Echo Mtn 
9. Friends 
10. Kedzie’s 18
11. I worked hard today
12. My family is back together again
13. Knowledge of eternal families 
14. More independent kids 
15. Traveling with Alex and Travis
16. Velocicoaster ride 
17. Soaked up the sun 
18. Spiritual moment at universal studios with Alex. I cried. Lol
19. Home sweet home
20. Travis once again. 
21. Coworkers that love me and I love them. 
22. Heaters
23. Easy day at work
24. Ethan 
25. The temple
26. Cookie dough
27. Tiffany
28. Calmer day at work 

January 2023 

1. The spirit
2. Houshe’s food
3. Found a therapist 
4. My dogs 
5. Triston’s home 
6. Thornton’s 
7. Triston talked to me for hours
8. Bore my testimony about how my Heavenly Father knows and loves me 
9. Travis 
10. Therapy
11. Tristons been with us for 10 years! 
12. I earned my money at work today
13. Lunch with coworkers and Travis 
14. Got to watch Alex play soccer again
15. Kedzie 
16. Travis took boys to defy 
17. Got a pt to Brush. Miracle 
18. I could take Alex to doctor appts without worrying about work
19. My village of people
20. Everyone was at school and at work 
21. Gibson. Holland. Thornton 
22. No complaints going to church
23. Sunshine
24. Amy and our nail time
25. Wrestling 
26. Laughter
27. Dinner date night
28. Saturday morning errands
29. No anger
30. No rush hour traffic 
31. Trained mental health professionals 

December 2022

1. My friends here who are everlasting. Tiffany. Rachel. Erin. 
2. Watching Ethan wrestle
3. Nuf Said 
4. Travis
5. I’m a mom. The hardest thing I’ve ever done 
6. Pictures on my desk wall
7. Kedzie helping us drive 
8. Time to catch up on little things
9. Friday Lunch with Travis 
10. Real conversations with Ethan and Triston today 
11. Bread delivery success 
12. Movie in the basement 
13. Wrapped presents 
14. Worked really hard today 
15. I learned canva today
16. Dinner celebrating Ethan 
17. My car is great 
18. I napped twice today!
19. Cfl date night 
20. Temple date night 
21. Bowling Work party 
22. My family brought us cfl 
23. Alex made green pancakes
24. Christmas Eve with the fam
25. Christmas with family and Bradford’s 
26. No work for me today. Slept till 10!
27. Financially secure 
28. Soft mints are delicious
29. Children’s hospital
30. Mental health workers
31. Supportive and loving friends

November 2022

1. I’m only on one medication! 
2. Triston didn’t break his foot 
3. Money to pay for car repairs
4. No major disabilities/diseases/illnesses. Healthy as a family. Healthy kids. Only depression. So fortunate 
5. Beautiful day spent watching soccer and talking to friends while walking dogs and being with my husband
6. Got to rest on my bed with my dogs and kedzie. Loved it. 
7. Today was a busy day at work. I was stressed, NOT bored. It was great. 
8. Taco Tuesday with coworkers and family 
9. Grateful I was born! What a lovely day today was thanks to my family, friends and coworkers. I’m blessed! 
10. I caught up on our family blog tonight. 
11. I’ve been blessed with wonderful friends
12. I remained kinda patient today and quilted all day long
13. No one caused contention going to church! 
14. Diet Coke with a shot of root beer
15. Travis can do our hair! 
16. Therapists 
17. My coworkers
18. My family
19. My dogs
20. The time our family has spent together today was positive
21. The World Cup! 
22. Nails with Amy
23. Our cars 
24. Thanksgiving dinner as a family with fun conversations and laughter
25. Money; we have enough to cover our lifestyle 
26. I’m grateful for my heritage. My parents, grandparents, ancestors
27. Grateful my emotions can go from feeling heart broken and back to optimistic and don’t just stay stuck in depression at all times. 
28. Sip-n-save at Circle K 
29. My job and how it makes me worry less about life. 
30. Got to take Alex to soccer