Most days, it’s a mission to get my son ready for school. The asking, pleading, bargaining, and finally yelling to get him to put his clothes on and brush his teeth. The start of the day would be extremely overwhelming if it weren’t for my morning planner session and a workout. It’s hard to feel morning gratitude at all.

Then comes the walk to school.

Which leads me to today’s gratitude prompt.

Pause for one minute. What do you notice that prompts gratitude?

(Elisabeth from The Optimistic Muse is hosting a month of daily gratitude prompts, and I’ve chosen to blog them.)

This morning, I took note of all the things I was grateful for during our walk.

• My son talks non-stop.

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This month, Elisabeth from The Optimistic Muse, is hosting a month of daily gratitude prompts. I’ve been trying to practice gratitude more, and each day I write something I’m grateful for in my planner.

I’ve decided to take this one step further in August, and join Elisabeth’s challenge by blogging my daily gratitude prompt. So here goes!

The highlight of my day was…

Seeing how moved my husband was when he was reading the birthday card my son gave him.

Amongst other things he had written simply “thanks for being my dad.”

You guys, parenting is hard. We are always beating ourselves up, wondering if we are doing our best. Wondering if we are too angry, or too hard on our kid.…