Centering...

Anyone who knows me knows that I am absolutely reliable about one thing: I look for the positive in every situation. I started writing in this blog regularly last summer (if you're reading this on Facebook, it's much prettier at http://sdjennyhow.blogspot.com/) as a way to keep seeing the silver lining - a sort of gratitude journal, if you will.

Here are some of the things that I am grateful for...

• My dog, Brandy
• Cosmopolitan magazine
• Nachos
• When my students say "thank you" as I'm passing out tests
• Coming home to my own place
• Immersing myself in a film at the theater for a couple of hours
• Toddlers who grin at me
• The baristas at Starbucks who start my drink as soon as I walk in the door
• This American Life podcasts
• Madonna
  
• A good glass of wine ... a good beer ... a good gin and tonic ...
  
• That the teacher next door to me always patiently listens to my sob stories, even if the bell is going to ring in 1 minute
• Hot tubs
• The internet
• Coupons
  
• Not having a single regret when it comes to love