Why am I doing this?

It started as a daily post on Facebook. A personal challenge and mission, if you will. As I told one of my friends, "if I can't find even one thing to be thankful for each day, there's gotta be something wrong with me."

With all the "wrong" that happens in the world and -- if I may be temporarily self-absorbed -- in my life sometimes, it's very easy to get caught up in the all the bad stuff and forget about the good stuff. Even the little ones that, at the end of day, make for a collective blessing.

This little year-long project will be a record of things that I'm grateful for. They will be big and little things. Serious and silly things. So when the easier choice is to sulk and pout and to ask "Why me?!", I will be reminded instead to say "Thank God it's me!"

Some of you will not agree with my reasons, my beliefs, heck, even the things I'm thankful for. I'm ok with that. The things we are grateful for come in different forms. My only hope is that it encourages you to look a little closer at your daily blessings. Believe me, they're not that hard to find. *wink*

And on that note, I thank you for dropping by!

xoxo,

-m.