Thankful Thursday – Post 11

If it won’t be for my recent trip to Nashville, I’d have to force myself to find things to be thankful for today — I arrived home Tuesday evening in time for a major snowstorm starting on Wednesday morning. Since I prefer warm temps, a bright sun and the beach, I’m ignoring the snow and thinking about the past week.

I am thankful for:

1. Four days of rooming, reconnecting and running with Jamie.

2. Meeting Alice Sullivan, my editor (feels so odd to type my in front of editor) Because of all the obstacles and options in the publishing industry I’ve hired an editor before I even try to publish. Not only am I thankful that I met her … but I am so thankful for her, she is perfect! Funny, smart, real and wears funky clothes. Plus she doesn’t like pink either! And she also prefers handshakes to hugs … when we first met, we were both trying to be friendly and warm, so we exchanged an awkward hug. She paused a second and said, “You’re not a hugger either, are you?” Love her!

3. Meeting Rachel Held Evans … author of Evolving in Monkey Town. What a fun evening! She’s working her fingers to the bone for her new project, Biblical Womanhood. She was having a Sewing Saturday, so I went over thinking I’d help her with some sewing projects. Instead I sat around, talked, ate pizza, drank wine and did nothing constructive while some sharp college girls knitted scarves all night. I tried my hand at making a Proverbs 31 sash, but the sewing machine refused to cooperate with me. (guess I blew my chances of being in the book or I’ll be in as the Proverbs 31 fail)

4. Reconnecting with Gayle … she lived in my area years ago, but has been living in Nashville for the last decade or so. Found out she is a writer for the country music scene for The Boot – AOL’s country site. Cool! Check out her latest articles here.

5. Being able to run again. I am thankful for this everyday, but was especially thankful when Nashville had one warm day (temps near 50) and Jamie and I did a 5-mile run/walk through the city. There’s something about running in an area that makes me feel like I’ve ‘connected’ with it better.

Your turn … what are you thankful for today?