"Every time I think of you,
I give thanks to my God.
Every time I pray for all of you,
I do it with joy."
~Philippians 1:3-4
Today, I am thankful for:
1. Kristin Michelle, an excellent mom and my fav cousin and awesome friend, who celebrates her 40th birthday tomorrow!! Super thankful for four decades of shared memories together, including loads of family get-togethers, summer swims, making cheesy music videos, one trip to CityWalk, countless Station walks, Italian meals (and BBQ and CF brunches), family weddings and birthdays and funerals, and lots of meaningful talks! ❤ I hope this has been a great last-day-of-her-30s, and hope it's a wonderful new decade ahead!
2. Having enough downtime this year for my soul to breathe and my spirit to really connect with God and to feel more like myself again in lots of ways!
3. Finally being an official Club Pilates member! I did my first Cardio Sculpt class last night, and it was fun and challenging!
4. Judge Allen Levi - I loved his first book (Theo of Golden, which he wrote at age 68), and I so appreciate his humility and sincerity and writing advice and Spotify playlist (of beautiful instrumental songs that he used while writing, and now I have been, too)!
5. Nicklas Rossner, my running coach! =) He's encouraging and gets to the point with solid practical advice! After watching several of his YouTube videos, I paid for his Half-Marathon Training Program (did my first threshhold test yesterday - rough times, but I'm excited to push myself in this season).
6. These mini-donuts and the white sheet cake I'll be baking for the 4th tomorrow! Because balance. lol (This was late June. It's very new, but working in 150 grams of protein per day is naturally helping me to eat healthier now, and I find that pretty hopeful and exciting!)
*It still makes me laugh that the very first words I ever published here were an Austin Powers quote. lol
