Good Mail Monday

Yesterday I received a couple of "good mail" items. I was so excited when I got this package from my good friend Allison. I met her the first year that we lived in New Orleans. They actually contacted us and we went to dinner when her husband found out they got into Tulane. (gosh, that was 8 years ago) We didn't become close until our third year of medical school since they were in a different ward than us. I can honestly say for those of you who don't know her she is a great mom of three children, a supportive wife to a urology resident (who has now evacuated to Utah due to evil hurricane "Katrina") and most of all is a very thoughtful, kind, sweet and compassionate friend. She is also a secret blogger that doesn't leave comments and has yet to start one even though I told her she would be great at it! The journal she sent me was an idea from Jill's blog (per Ali) She wanted to make sure she wasn't stealing any ideas out there. It is a gratitude journal. I love what she put in the inside of the cover. I have also already started writing in it! It reads:

Gratitue unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into
a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for
today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

"You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abudnance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given unto you."

Thanks Allison I love it!! I musn't leave out that I also received a thoughtful card from my mom today. It was a belated mother's day card. Thanks mom! (we all get busy, I was just giving you a hard time)