Toward the end of 2014, I began doing daily “Today I am thankful for . . .” tweets on Twitter.  Sometimes I tweeted about out of the ordinary things like awards, accolades, or big news for my books; but other times my daily thankfulness tweets were about the every day things in life that I sometimes forget to be thankful for such as a good bowl of soup, a sunny day, or reading a really awesome book.  This simple act of tweeting out thankfulness has at the very least caused me for a moment or two each day to pause and think about all I have to be thankful about.  My hope is that the moment or two I pause to think of a ”Today I am thankful for . . .” tweet will grow into an even more grateful attitude all day long.  This grateful attitude of course is easier on some days than on others, so to give myself even more reason to pause and think about the good things I have to be thankful for, I’m planning to use my blog as an extension of my “Today I am thankful for . . .” tweets.

As a way to kick off my “Thankful Blogging,” I’d like to share a photo of one of my favorite Christmas presents from this past year.

My fabulous editor, Aubrey Poole (Sourcebooks), made this supercute, very creative photo frame from my novel ALWAYS, ABIGAIL.  I absolutely loved this thing and every time I look at it I am reminded of how thankful I am to have an editor like Aubrey – supportive, insightful, patient, and as you can see, also super creative.

Wishing you an attitude of gratitude,

Nancy