Supply: © Andrea Rosenhaft
Thanksgiving is Thursday and by the oddity that the lunar calendar typically brings us, Hanukkah begins at sunset two days after Thanksgiving this 12 months. I’ve a lot to be glad about.
I stay as at all times grateful for my household, particularly my brother. I couldn’t have gotten the place I’m as we speak with out his unconditional love and unwavering help all through this 12 months and each different. I’m grateful for my associates, who settle for me for who I’m, in and out, quirks, oddities, and all. I’m grateful I discovered a brand new job this 12 months that appears to be an excellent match, the place I’m having fun with my work and the place I really feel valued and appreciated.
Thanks to my shoppers, whose braveness and bravado encourage me day by day. It appears tough to be simply beginning out as we speak and with the cloud of the pandemic hanging over us, affecting our psychological well being to the extent that it has, however they proceed to provide it all the pieces they’ve. Kudos to them for displaying up, week after week.
I’m appreciative of the alternatives afforded to me this 12 months when it comes to mentorship for my fledgling enterprise BWellBStrong. I had the lucky expertise of collaborating in a number of entrepreneurial accelerator applications and now, due to one in every of these applications, I’m working with a terrific mentor who has nice enterprise acumen.
Whereas it’s been a rocky 12 months for my bodily well being, I understand it might have been worse. I’ve a beautiful crew of physicians who’re genuinely invested in my well-being and seeing me by short-term crises (similar to an bronchial asthma flare) and discovering options to longer-term points.
I stay grateful for the hard-won stability of my emotional well being, and for Dr. Lev, my psychiatrist whose door stays open. I availed myself of her open-door coverage a few instances this 12 months and I’m at all times in awe of her whip-smart interpretations and skill to get to the center of the matter. And naturally, she continues to handle my medicine which performs an necessary half in maintaining me secure.
Thank goodness for my rescue canine, Shelby. I don’t understand how we discovered one another, two imperfect beings within the sea of the rescue/adoption course of. When she first got here to me over two-and-a-half years in the past, the board of my apartment was threatening me with having to provide her up as a result of she saved growling, lunging, and baring her tooth on the different residents. They had been afraid of her and referred to as her “vicious.” Immediately, they comment on how far she has come and on her candy face. They’re not afraid to get on the elevator along with her. Her tail is continually in movement, beating in opposition to the wall of the elevator cab. It’s wonderful what six months of ‘Prozac for puppies’ can do, however extra importantly, what a secure and loving dwelling can supply offered her for the primary time in her life. Thanks, Shelby, for all you’ve gotten given me. Your boundless love and soothing presence have introduced pleasure to my life. As I flip the important thing within the lock, I do know you might be on the opposite facet of the door ready enthusiastically to greet me. And that’s so good to come back dwelling to.
Thanks for studying.
Andrea
Supply: © Andrea Rosenhaft
