Blog Your Blessings Sunday

I spent Thurs­day in our beau­ti­ful city by the bay, San Fran­cisco, and it was the day you want to see the City and take the photo for the post­card. The sky was per­fectly blue and with­out a sin­gle cloud. The air was crisp and clear … you could see the city sky­line per­fectly while cross­ing the Bay Bridge and Alca­traz was fully vis­i­ble, as was the beau­ti­ful Golden Gate Bridge beyond it. I wanted so badly to take pho­tos, but, alas, I was dri­ving and that would have been treach­er­ous! This photo from Morgue File com­mu­ni­cates the idea.

This after­noon, I am off to Orange County on another busi­ness trip. How­ever, since it is Sun­day and I have friends there, I am for­tu­nate to be look­ing for­ward to din­ner with them this evening. This is a photo of the friend I will be din­ing with: It was taken in the sum­mer of 1979 when she came home to Lodi with me to pick up my first-ever brand new car, a 1979 Mer­cury Capri Ghia. I also sang at the wed­ding of another long-time friend’s brother so we were snapped here in the Japan­ese Tea Gar­den where the cer­e­mony took place.

So there is much to be thank­ful for today! First of all, safe travel — past and con­tin­u­ing. Sec­ondly, impor­tant work to do that sends me around the state. I’m a “true believer” in the work that I do which makes it a plea­sure to get up in the morn­ing and trudge off to earn my daily bread.

Of course, those friends I men­tioned are an ongo­ing bless­ing in my life. I look back on pho­tos taken with my friends so many years ago and am reminded that I am very lucky to have so many folks in my life that I have been close to over time. We know each other’s life sto­ries and quirks. We don’t have to explain who we are or where we’ve been. We can just relax and enjoy being together.

Have a won­der­ful Sun­day and take a moment to con­sider and be thank­ful for the many bless­ings in your life!