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Half way down the path, I realized this trip to the mailboxes was not a good idea. The walkways had not been shoveled or sanded, and I'm paranoid about slipping on ice.

Just as I started to panic, the UPS guy pulled up in his truck, and after delivering his packages, he graciously walked me back to my building, holding my arm so I would not fall.

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This morning's sunrise.

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Grateful for the truck ahead of me providing a light to follow through the fog.

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Last night's soft snow made cleaning off my car an easy task.

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Took this test shot to see if my camera was still working properly after being dropped and hitting the ground hard. Thankfully, it seems to be okay. 

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Our property manager came to my rescue when she saw me trying to dig a path through the snow with my kid size shovel. Using one of the big shovels, she soon had enough snow cleared to enable me to drive my car out of its spot.

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Thoughtful neighbors who dug my car out after the snow.

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Feeling grateful for my warm apartment with a great view.

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This morning's Facebook memory of a post I can't even remember posting, is another reminder of God's grace and how very much I have to be grateful for. It's also a nudge to go back and finish what I started.

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Being able to walk up the stairs to my second floor apartment, carrying a knapsack and two heavy bags of groceries, was quite a contrast to where I was a year ago today.

The memory that popped up on my Facebook wall (see below) was a good reminder of God's amazing grace in my life.

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Words of encouragement, when I was feeling about as low as I could go and wistfully posted a picture about a practice I wasn't sure was true, came in the form of an article about Kintsugi that a friend sent in response.

Kintsugi is a Japanese art that teaches that when things break, instead of throwing them out, we should try to repair them.  "This is the essence of resilience. Each of us should look for a way to cope with traumatic events in a positive way, learn from negative experiences, take the best from them and convince ourseves that exactly these experiences make each person unique, precious." (Kintsugi: the art of precious scars -- https://www.lifegate.com/people/lifestyle/kintsugi )

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Feeling grateful to be able to cough freely and painlessly, without having to clutch a pillow tightly to my chest to keep it from hurting (as I did after my open heart surgery almost seven months ago).