Silver Linings and Small Victories.

A little late, but this week:

I am grateful for my body periodically deciding to be a team player, despite me berating it a lot of the time (I can hold a 30-second shoulder stand now! And I just reached my goal weight for the first time since puberty! I went on a horse trail ride!)

I am grateful for a partner with a sense of humour; I spent hours cooking on Valentine’s Day and developed serious gastrointestinal dramas shortly after he arrived home, so spent most of the evening in the bathroom, which was not what we had envisioned!

I am grateful for my capacity to be a good friend.

I am grateful for improved sleep and new prescriptions to try.

I am grateful for the discovery of a dairy-free and grain-free chocolate sponge cake that tastes just like regular cake (read: delicious).

I am grateful for stomach-cramp-causing hysterical laughter.

I am grateful for smart people writing research and blog posts that are insightful, informative, and a pleasure to read, and that restore my faith in humanity after I’ve read bad ones.

I am grateful for funny cat pictures.

I am grateful that every day is a chance to become better in my habits.