31 Things I am Grateful For July 2020
**Please read the following in the voice of the father from the Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom**
Well, it looks like we made it through another month of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We’re still staying home, wearing masks, and social distancing. What year is it? Still 2020. Positive cases are on the rise, even breaking records. We spent 4th of July without big fireworks shows, and vacations are cancelled for the foreseeable future. With all this complaining, I’ve worked up the need to practice gratitude.
There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow….
**Alright, you can go back to your own voice now if you want**
I couldn’t pass up a perfectly good excuse to pretend 2020 will be featured in a future version of the Carousel of Progress, but in all honesty, I am extremely grateful. Here are 31 of the hundreds of things I am grateful for this month.
Rainy cozy days
Pot roast cooking in the crock pot all day
Fancy coffee
America, and all of the work happening right now to ensure access for all to the privileges that should come with living here.
Lunar eclipse
Rainier cherries
Family time
Lucy snuggles
Grilled pineapple
An afternoon nap
Play time with Kimber and the nieces
Fazoli’s bread sticks
Seeing a ton of deer
A labyrinth walk
Hanging out by a pretty creek
A wine flight and meeting a vineyard dog
Exploring an old mill
A really nice week exploring Abingdon, VA with my parents (socially distanced of course)
Hugs from our nieces
Another year of Josh
Having two dead trees professionally removed
Our new fridge was finally delivered!!
Spice cake
Banana Splits
Having a “spa day” with my nieces
Pool day with the nieces
Candles
Fresh flowers
My plants
Home Chef
Hilarious people on TikTok
I hope you’re finding things to be grateful for in this upside down world we are living in.
