Today I am Grateful for:

This week I am grateful for hugs.  Cuddles of all shapes and sizes: bear hugs, squeezes, snuggles and arm drape cuddles.  Hugs can make bad things bearable, happy things happier and good things shared.  I love giving and receiving hugs and I believe the world would be a sad place without them.  Of course cuddling under a good patchwork quilt is even better!

Hope you have a cuddle this weekend xo

Today I am Grateful For... Coping

This week has been hard.  Two of our dear and loved immediate family are facing serious health issues.  Illness is such a debilitating thing for all involved and we all feel a bit battered at the end of this week.  In fact I have had to kind of think about gratefulness.  Which is good, it is making me be positive!  So this week I am grateful for:

• Hugs from my almost 13 year old son as he "cheers" me up
• Feeling the satisfied purr of the Puss when we sit together on the couch
• The support of my lovely husband
• The kind thoughts of all my lovely friends
• Good food and my veggie plants that allow me to potter, snip, mulch and squash bugs!!
• Beautiful photographs, like the one above, from Photographs for the Soul

Thanks Maxabella for allowing me to play along :)