Day 8 ~ Gratitude

There is a lot I am thankful for. But my uttermost appreciation goes to the good people who have crossed my path in life. I'm thinking right now of a few ladies from the farmer's markets. A fruit seller, a veggie seller, and a baker. All of them gave me their love when I lost my husband way too early in life. Today one of them, as usual, let me take an onion and a head of garlic for free. I went and bought her and her helper a box of some of my favorite cookies from the bakery that makes them best. And this leads my memory to some other amazing ladies I met on a bulletin board. We had been cyber-buddies for a couple of years. When they learned about my loss, they collected money and sent me a check of over seven hundred dollars. Money had never been important to me, never until that day. They had no other means to express their love. Love in the form of money for me. Or in the form of goods, like the farmer market's ladies. This morning, my turn: love in the form of cookies.