…so much that it is hard to find the perfect words and the graceful phrases.
I am blessed to have so much love in my life.
Between writing prose and essays and screenplays, and editing, and reading, and music and movies and television, and all the conversations with Nicola, I live my life immersed in story. I love that so much.
I love my family and friends. You all make me feel that the world is a bigger and better place because you are in it.
I am grateful for every single laugh, smile, kiss, hug, moment of excitement, beautiful view, birdsong, meal, hard workout at the gym and hot shower afterward. All the conversations, the beer and wine and tea and coffee. The small special moments that wouldn’t matter to anyone but me, and the moments that I share with others.
I am grateful to every person who has ever read anything I have written.
I’m grateful to every client who has trusted me with their work, and allowed me the privilege of helping.
I am grateful for all the help I’ve received — with writing, with life. I’ve learned a lot, and am thankful for the teachers who were patient with me when I did not learn gracefully.
I am so thankful for writing that even thinking about how to say so makes me want to burst into tears. I am thankful to Nicola for saying it so well.
And more, and more, and more. And none of this really says what I am feeling, which is that I am so glad to be alive and to be myself, and becoming more myself all the time. So many people, friends and strangers, have a part in that. You’re reading this, so you do too. I’m grateful to you all. Thank you.
Enjoy your day.