thank you thursday

what can I say

pink shoes 

on young girls

glowing with possibility

just like those raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

brown paper packages tied up with string

these are a few of my favorite things . . .

so my young daughter asks me

will I be beautiful when I am 13

and I say everyone is beautiful when they are 13

I think I might say the same

if she asked about 60.

I'm thankful for the reminders of gratitude

and the magic of compassion

when you don't think you can

fake that self love till you make it.

The kind of compassion

that can give everyone another chance

when I can give that to myself

there is more hope

grown

And for the ones that are there

to remind me

my mentor, my fellows

and the Thursday calls

Thank you

What are you grateful for today?