this is a re-send but please enjoy!
It is late and I am ready for bed! It is 11/11 which is my birthday. I have been blessed with so many phone calls and e-mails and well wishes from face book today….truly my life is abundant with so much love. 
This weekend I did a workshop on “the practice of gratitude”. One of the suggestions was to write a letter of gratitude to someone that you truly appreciate…….and be specific. It is one thing to say “I appreciate you” but when someone says, “I appreciate your touch as it makes me feel so soft and loved” it definitely takes it up a notch. Or ” I appreciate you because I feel so heard by you and that has helped me really listen to those in my life”.
Each of us has so many blessings. This week take some moments of true gratitude. It is not a small thing to appreciate. It raises us up to express gratitude and it raises up the person that we express gratitude to.
The world can always use some “raising up”.
That is all tonight. Much love and gratitude to all who read my words. Melanie
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MELANIE! Enjoy the fellowship of dear friends that gather tomorrow night in honor of your birth day. Your arrival on this earth has made a difference in many, many lives. You have taught us how to “rise up” and live our lives finding the joy in each moment and with gratitude. Thank you, Melanie!
Melanie, I am so grateful for the love and wisdom you share with me and with the world. You are a beam of radiant light!
Your sister of the Prairie!
Kristin
kristin, you are one of my bright blessings of 2010:) what richness we have shared on our journeys! Many blessings to you, my sisterfriend! melanie