Abbreviated appreciations

Between my sister’s death and the news that I’ve moved from an “if/when” heart transplant to a “when” heart transplant situation, the past few months have been more challenging than usual.

Fortunately, my well-trained brain keeps right on noticing all that is wonderful around me, whether I’m too sad to get out of bed or filled with enthusiasm for another day.

One thing that’s been much harder to do is to post anything online. Somehow the energy required to formulate thoughts, write and edit posts, and actually post them is more than I have most days.

However, since anxiety is a newly constant friend again, I’m doing things I know will lower my cortisol (the stress hormone) levels again — including writing down 3 things I appreciate every day. And so I’ll start posting again, too. Lucky you!! 😄

Here are some good things from the past few days…