So much gratitude

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Weekend started off strong….double Shirley Temple. It had been a lot of peopling during the week. Then, as is the case at Top Knot, Mother Nature did her thing. Stars out last night. 50 degrees, blue skies, no humidity, calm winds today. It’s overwhelmingly peaceful and battery charging to be up here. Readies me for the upcoming week. 

Dropped a few trees. Did some work on the porch. Tweaked the solar system a little. Cooked some yummy burgers for dinner. Chatted up the chipmunks while they feasted on the peanuts and Cheerios I “spilled”. Listened to the creek running strong in the distance. 

Now the sun has set and the stars are out again. Temp is falling and it will be good sleeping tonight. 

The consulting company website has been redesigned and will launch soon. This next week, I am traveling to New Jersey and NYC and will visit some places that hold lots of memories. Some wonderful and some that take me back to dark times. Times I thought I wasn’t going to survive. But I did. And I’m so thankful for each day as a result. Days like today seem almost too much to ask for. But most days can be that way if you make an effort to see them as such.

Thank you April 18th. You really came through in a big way.


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