Gratefulness Stories

Rapid raindrops pattering on a tin roof Genuine goosebumps from charged touch Decadent chocolate dancing on taste-buds Passionately perceptive monologues at dawn The smell of smoke from an extinguished candle Liberated laughter from the heart of a loved one Being harmoniously held at midnight Wonderfully warm winter pastries The slow blinking from feline eyes The fragrance of familiarity Weightless secrets spoken in whisp...

The sand squishes between my toes as I descend into the warm gulf water. The cloudless sky and little fish swirling make me smile. I continue until I cannot touch the bottom and swim the rest of the way to the sand bar. Turning back to look at my home, I am grateful. I could have lost everything, but here she stands, undamaged by the vicious storm. I feel guilty as well—so many lost, so much destruction. But I remind myse...

The lawyer was pleased, and destroyed the two letters. Then he called all of the old associates, and explained what was happening. They were shocked, and most of them, as he told me earlier, had been almost friend, and with deep debts of gratitude to daddy. Yes, I call him dad and daddy. I’m repeating myself, again, but those letters were so full of love that I felt I would have loved him, and mom with all my heart. In fa...