Celebrate the Small Things- June 14th

As always, thanks to our host Vic over at Scribblings of an Aspiring Author. 

It's been a rough week for me, on several fronts.  And in all honesty, the best thing about this is that it forces me to identify, call out and give thanks for the great things in my life rather than complain about chaos and drama.  Cause lordy knows I could complain- and, as I've learned from experience, that would only make me feel worse.

So, as cheesy at it sounds, I'm grateful for this blog hop.  Cause in a little while I'll hop along and read a post from a mom caring for a sick child who's still keeping a smile on her face and an author who just got a heart-breaking rejection letter but is still motivated to keep on writing or a husband who just got laid off but is jumping on the opportunity to learn a more frugal lifestyle.  Not just because these issues would make me seem like a whiny cry baby for complaining about my drama, but because their strength and positive attitude in the face of much bigger life problems reminds me that there is a better way to face life.

We rise (or sink, as the case may be) to the company we keep and these people are GOOD company.  They are strong, they are passionate, they are driven.  They are caretakers and lovers and heads of family.  They are creative and brilliant and intelligent.  And they are all grateful for the things in their life that keep them going.  And today I am grateful for them.

So hop along, and see what they're doing.

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1. Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh	2. Suzanne Furness The Word is. . .	3. Julie Flanders
4. tara tyler	5. J. A. Ward Writes	6. Lara Lacombe - Romance With an Edge
7. Life, yoga and other adventures	8. Charity Pence	9. Ink in the Book
10. My Baffling Brain	11. Scribbles From Jenn	12. Tyreans Writing Spot
13. Writing Off the Edge	14. Father Dragon Writes	15. Lexa Cain
16. Michelle @ Writer~In~Transit	17. The Write Game	18. Writers Mark
19. Entertaining Interests	20. Reading, Writing and Everything in Between	21. Effectively Human
22. Jen Naumann Author	23. Mary Pax	24. Diana Wilder - About myself, by myself. . .
25. Pasha, From Animal Shelter to A Sheltered Life	26. S. K. Anthony	27. Agenthood and Submissionville
28. Defending The Pen	29. Queendsheena	30. Bouquet of Books
31. Kidbits	32. A Good One	33. Black Coffee and Cigarettes
34. Mark Noce Stories	35. Putting Pen to Paper	36. Writers Block
37. Rebeccah Writes	38. Sisu Diaries	39. Debs Writing Room
40. Melanies Blog	41. Espirational	42. Heather Marshall -- writing, yoga, nature
43. melanie schulz	44. The Prosers	45. Shah Wharton's WordsinSync
46. Intentional Insights by S. Kelley Harrell	47. Creating Wordlenik	48. Cathy Keaton Writes, or Tries To
49. Simply Sarah	50. Today, I think. . .	51. Felicity Burnett (WR)
52. Writing's Not For Weenies	53. Janice Heck, My Time to Write	54. Inside The Artist's Mind
55. The Sock Zone	56. Brandy's Bustlings	57. M. J. Fifield
58. dreaming of publication	59. KenMaursCorner	60. Constantine
61. Nana Prah's Blog	62. BaMes Live	63. The Journey South
64. The Reluctant Author	65. Thoughts and Ideas from Deanie Humphrys-Dunne	66. Laugh Quotes
67. Shayla's TeaGarden	68. The Beveled Edge	69. Rossandra White
70. Writing's Not For Weenies	71. Vidya Sury, Going A-Musing, Collecting Smiles