I can't help but run this topic -- gratitude -- through a COVID-19 filter, seeing as the pandemic is fresh in my mind.
I am grateful for essential workers. My day proceeds to be relatively normal because of my ability to shop for food online. I would be protected in the hospital because health care workers are still working. The mail gets to me every day because postal workers are considered essential.
I'm grateful there are not very many cases of COVID-19 here in Nodaway County, Missouri. We seem to take social distancing seriously, we are sheltering in place, and wearing masks when on necessary errands.
I am grateful my job allows me to work from home. I am the main breadwinner in my family, and a loss of my income would be tragic for us.
I am grateful I am an introvert. Other than occasional restlessness, I am pretty comfortable with my new routine. It gives me time to edit my novels.
I am grateful for the collective of ladies locally who are supplying as many citizens as they can with colorful cloth masks.
And finally, I am grateful that neither my husband nor I have gotten the virus, because we are at the age where it could become risky.
Sometimes, life goes bad and the only thing we have to be grateful for is being alive. I could be there at any moment; life can change in an instant. I will marshal my gratitude if that happens.
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