Parenting on a Tightrope

What are You Grateful For?

I didn't expect to have a personal lesson in gratitude this week, but I did.

I teach Vinyasa Flow Yoga Classes at the College Park Woods Pool House. Each week while the students lay in savasana, I lead the class into meditation. Monday, I talked about the word gratitude. I stretched my own body into downward dog pose, fingers wide pressing into the mat, and I spoke to the class about having gratitude for being here on our mats each week, gratitude for this moment. “During class when your mind drifts to self doubt and feelings of inadequacy … stop and remind yourself that there are other people who wish they could be here physically on this mat.” Little did I know that the next day I’d have a personal lesson in gratitude. Tuesday, after picking up some paint from the Home Depot, I was the first car at the …

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