🍂 Grateful, Grounded, and Growing: A Thanksgiving Reflection 🍂
As the year winds its way toward winter and the days turn colder and cozier, I’ve been feeling especially reflective. Thanksgiving has always been a quiet invitation to pause, breathe, and look around at the small, beautiful things that make up a life. This year, that invitation feels even more needed — and more meaningful.
I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude, not in the glossy, performative way we sometimes see online, but the real kind: the warm, messy, deeply human gratitude that shows up in the everyday moments. The kind that reminds me that even on the hardest days, there is so much good woven through my world.
This season, I’m grateful for:
🧵 The Gift of Creativity
My creativity has always been one of my greatest lifelines — whether I’m writing stories, crafting suncatchers, dreaming up retreats, or building worlds that feel like home. Being able to indulge in my imagination is something I never take for granted.
👩❤️👩 A Supportive, Loving Circle
Friends and family who show up, cheer me on, and believe in my ideas even when they sound wild or ambitious — their support is its own kind of magic. I’m endlessly thankful for the people who make my world feel bigger, brighter, and braver.
🏡 A Home Filled With Warmth and Ease
I’m grateful for a cozy home I genuinely love, for work that brings joy and purpose, and for the ability to rest when my body or mind asks for it. There’s something powerful about building a life that gives you permission to slow down.
🐾 My Little Cat Son
Yes — he’s tiny. Yes — he already rules the house. And yes — I adore him. He brings chaos, comfort, and so many moments of unexpected delight.
🧘♀️ And My Therapist
Growth is rarely linear, but having someone in your corner who helps you find grounding, balance, and compassion makes all the difference. I’m so thankful for the ways therapy keeps helping me heal and evolve.
This holiday season, I’m spending time with family, letting myself exhale, and giving myself the space to simply be. No hustle. No pressure. Just gratitude, connection, and the quiet, grounding reminder that I’m exactly where I need to be.
Wherever you are and however you’re spending your Thanksgiving, I hope you find small moments of softness and appreciation. I hope you feel supported. I hope you feel proud of how far you’ve come.
And I’d love to know:
What are you feeling thankful for this year?
