Today I am grateful for beautiful spring weather, hot coffee, and sore arms.
Last night I fell asleep breathing the smell of damp earth and green things starting to grow, feeling the cool spring air wafting over me. This morning I woke up to the same thing, except it was accompanied by the hot coffee my husband left on my nightstand. Perfection.
The sore arms are the result of a challenging yoga class yesterday. Because of yoga and pilates, I have been able to trade chronic back and hip pain for the occasional set of sore arms. I can sit cross-legged on the floor with my four year old to play trains, I can carry him on my hip while pushing a grocery cart during a particularly epic moment of bad behavior, and I can step over a baby gate (used to contain the dog, not the boy). All things I couldn't do just a year ago. I have no way of knowing how my body will function in years to come, but today, I am truly grateful for being able to move without fearing the pain of a tweaked hip or back. To me, that's freedom.
What has been particularly beautiful, perfect, or freeing in your life recently? What are you grateful for at this very moment?
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