Fiji Gratitude #22

I am grateful for the beauty of the sea and it's creatures. This past year I've swam with countless amazingly colorful fish, eels, squid, octopus, jellyfish, sharks, stingrays, sea turtles, & more. Also seen whales & pod of dolphins up close. Today, I lead most amazing reef trip yet-water so warm and clear, amazing coral formations, sharks, rays, eel, new to me fish. Blessed am I...
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Today is a very special day...

...celebrating 12 years of being a mama and the birth of one very remarkable kid! Happy 12th, Lucas - I am grateful for you and all the lessons being your mama has taught me. Your open heart, inquisitive mind, and determined spirit touch and inspire me in ways I struggle to express w/ just words. You should be pround of the young man you are growing up to be - I am! I love you, more!
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Fiji Gratitude #23

I am grateful for magical, beautiful shooting stars. Each time I see one, I get a thrill of excitement that I only remember ever feeling before when I was very young. If you watch the night sky here for more than 15 minutes, you will most likely see at least one. I saw two tonight, just by chance. I want at least one more eve lying on the table on the beach stargazing before I go...
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Fiji Gratitude #24

I am grateful for lack of lights to tempt me into staying up late being productive. True! Living in synch w/ the natural cycles of the day has made me into an "early 2 bed, early 2 rise" kinda girl. Rising time is still sometimes a killer - don't think I'll ever be what you'd call a perky morning person, but I am more rested & more A.M. productive than I remember ever being in my adult life.
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Fiji Gratitude #25

I am grateful for lullabyes of laughter. I chose to sit out the campfire music party tonight, but am enjoying it all the more lying here in bed, listening to people who were strangers to one another a week ago, laughing their asses off together and cutting loose. Good stuff!
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Fiji Gratitude #26

I am grateful for inky black night skies that hold more stars than seem possible. The night sky here is indescribable. Truly indescribable. I love to get lost among the stars and the Milky Way and be reminded how vast this Universe really is.
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Fiji Gratitude #27

I am grateful for now. Just being here, right now, this day, this minute, in this place and with these people I love so very much. May I remember this as the days ahead fill with preparations for going home and heart-wrenching goodbyes. When the future is uncertain, the present is a consistant anchor by which I can ground myself...
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