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For the day you're just not feeling it.

In the last several weeks I've been working on gratitude. I found a Gratitude app and downloaded it to my phone. I'm not much of a regular journaler, (or really an app downloader...) but I felt like focusing on gratitude would go a long way. So every day my phone reminds me to write down something that I'm thankful for, something that makes me smile, something I'm looking forward to. I chose to focus on just one thing each day, because I know that there is power in one simple thing. Today, that one little thing packed a punch. Today I'm tired; both tired and exhausted. I'm also sick. I'm emotional and overwhelmed and the fact that I didn't have much for breakfast or lunch surely doesn't help this sad state of affairs. I put the tiny, whiny toddler in her bed an hour early for nap time today after trying to nap myself while she played. "Play" meant climbing onto my bed, stepping on my head, pulling my hair, knocking faces and stretch...