"A Year of Gratitude"

I was inspired, several years ago, by Sarah Ban Breathnach, author of the book, 'Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy." In the book, she talks about the transformative power of gratitude and encourages every person to keep a daily 'gratitude journal' by writing down at least 5 things that they are grateful for every day. I have kept a journal since I was a little girl (though sporadic, at times) and when I kept a gratitude journal in addition to my regular journal, I was amazed at the results.

This year, in an effort to combine my interests in photography, journaling and scrapbooking with my expression of daily gratitude, I've decided to embark upon a project I've entitled, "A Year of Gratitude". This is my novice attempt at photo journalism!

Everyday, I will post at least one photo and one blog (Blogspot) and status (Facebook) about at least one thing I am grateful for in that day. I will date it and only use photos taken on that day (with minor exceptions).

After 12/31/10, I will comprise all the daily photos and blogs into a book which I will then have printed for myself. I'm a little slow to respond to the Universe sometimes, and being that I just received the inspiration to do this on 1/10/10, I will post up images I have from the first of the year and be consistent daily from 1/10/10 forward.

In the process, it is my hope to honor the people, places, situations and blessings in my life. It is also my hope to discover beauty in the everyday stuff of life, to seek the miraculous in the mundane and to celebrate the extraordinary in the ordinary. I am humbled and excited to embark upon this journey. Mahalo for sharing it with me. . .may you find joy and gratitude each and every day of your life. God Bless.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

"A Beautiful Life. . ."


5.19.10. I am grateful for the wonderful life of my Aunty Louisa. We will miss her and love her. So grateful that Families are Forever.
What a day: started with picking up the final graphics from Jared, buying goodies from Great Harvest, seeing Dr. Brown (deciding to move on to someone different), Youth Conference meeting, laulau, poke and poi for dinner and then finding out Aunty Louisa "Aunty Lois" finally passed away in a hospice. She was my favorite aunty, mom's older sister, she was 84. Always beautiful, graceful, lively, sassy, energetic, full of life, hard working, and had the BEST scary Kohala stories-EVER! She used to come visit us and stay with us. She took me through the temple and always had sage words of advice. I can hear her calling me 'girlie' and mom, 'sister'. Now, the two sisters are together. She was the one that reminded me most of mom, looks like her. I'm glad she's home with her husband, son, parents and siblings that have passed on, but we'll miss her here. What a blessing the gospel is, knowing that we'll see and live with our loved ones again. Families are Forever.
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