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Hi guys,<\/p>\n

How are you?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I was up all night last night, worrying, planning, thinking\u2026<\/p>\n

I woke up from a strange dream, thought I heard an ad about hearing aids on Ben’s phone, complained that he snored too loud, then never fell back asleep.<\/p>\n

My mind went to the contractor I had to text, and to the email I had not answered (I will email you, Abbey, if you are reading this). Then, it was obviously time to fear Ben’s age, and prepare a plan of action for me and Catherine if burglars were to break into our house in the middle of the night: where was the pepper spray? Did we have a safe way to the\u00a0attic? Also, why wasn’t the last blurb to my book coming? Why haven’t I been verified and can’t reach 10,000 followers on Instagram? Did I have\u00a0Catherine’s lunchbox ready? What would she have for snack? I had forgotten the\u00a0teriyaki seaweed she loved…<\/span><\/p>\n

These were just a few of the thoughts that crossed my mind between 2:30 and 6:00am, when I did manage to doze off, for\u00a0half an hour. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat am I going to talk about in the newsletter?\u201d I kept asking myself in between the idea for a menu and the anxiety for a photoshoot I am doing on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But there was one theme that kept circling back: the ease with which negative thoughts and lack mentality come to me, compared to gratitude and abundance, or trust.<\/p>\n

I always consider the things I am grateful for to be somewhat trivial, not deserving of mention because so obvious. But what’s so obvious about having a roof over your head, these days?<\/p>\n

So for this newsletter, especially because we have entered a season that can easily make us feel lacking, rather than bountiful, I decided to tell you a few things I am grateful for, without even mentioning what, on the other hand, I miss, I want, what I aim to, what I wish I had instead, what I think I deserve.<\/p>\n

We have entered a time in which most of what we see on the screen is something “we must have”, something that will make us feel better, from the slipper to the plush robe, the earrings and the new throw, a new set of plates, the purse or that fisherman sweater that, apparently, we can’t live without and that we can dress up or down and will want in every color.<\/p>\n

But what if, on Cyber Monday of all days, we make a list of all that we have?<\/p>\n

I am grateful for:<\/em><\/p>\n

– a beautiful house<\/p>\n

– trusted friends<\/p>\n

– my very imperfect marriage, a loving husband, and a healthy, smart, beautiful daughter who is turning 4 in two weeks<\/p>\n

– my parents and my brother are healthy<\/p>\n

– I have financial blessing, and the ability to work on my dreams and my passion; I can pay for the publicity of my book, for example<\/p>\n

– I am healthy<\/p>\n

– healthy food at every meal<\/p>\n

– I haven’t thrown up or starved myself for a long time now<\/p>\n

– I am clean and sober and I have not cut myself in years<\/p>\n

– I don’t miss cigarettes any more<\/p>\n

– I have an amazing publisher who believes in my book<\/p>\n

– my nerve pain has improved since changing my workout<\/p>\n

– after “the Italian accident” my hair is healthy again<\/p>\n

– a wonderful facialist<\/a> who I trust blindly<\/p>\n

– Catherine goes to an amazing pre-school<\/p>\n

– I have a contractor I can trust, finally<\/p>\n

– my therapist, and how much progress I am making in getting to know myself becoming a woman<\/p>\n

– you who are reading this, you who have been following my journey on instagram since it started, almost 3 years ago<\/p>\n

– Elis returned for a few hours one evening<\/p>\n

I could go on and on.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe, you can share with me a few things you are grateful for? I would love to know more about what gets you up in the morning. We know all too well the things that tempt us not to, and it’s about time we focus on those that do.<\/p>\n

Love you guys,<\/p>\n

Happy Holidays, whichever one you celebrate or dig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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