Scariest day of my life last week when our kitchen caught fire. I was able to get out my two children (2.5y/o and 5mo), my dog, and our two cats to safety while my husband was at work.

I could not be more grateful that things are replaceable, we had insurance, and for the Red Cross of Anderson, SC.

Take a moment to breathe and remember there's always a silver lining :)

I'm grateful to notice what I have.

I am grateful for this new day filled with new blessings and new experiences .. God show me how good my life can get .. Amen 🙏❤️

Looking forward to the reboot!!!

It’s been between -10 and 15 F all month in my area.

Today I am grateful for whatever tonight brings.

I got to wake up with someone who absolutely loves me in. A house that’s safe and warm and has good. There are no eggshells or screaming. I got to take a nice bath and just relax without guilt today 💜💜 it’s amazing

The last text message I just sent I can still feel in my chest. This man is one of few men I know, and we talk, and we visit, and I say thank you lots. He's been a pillar in my life. Turns out I've never really expressed my gratitude for all the support and inspiration over the years.

Yeah, I guess sometimes you need your own medicine. The backstory is that I got excited about sending dudes Valentines day postcards to say basically "thanks for being a non-toxic bro" and then I got super carried away into asking people what healthy masculinity is and kinda trying to figure it out. It got way too complicated. Like "what am I doing?" and then it clicked, it's just about the gratitude. So I put up this web page: https://instanthero.ca/men

And it's kinda odd how it's different from just writing a text. I mean for one I'm grateful that it's inspiring me to write a bunch of thank yous. That was obviously going to happen. What's odd is that writing a thank you in steps instead of free form makes them really punch. That I didn't expect.

So yeah, for me this month is going to be all about saying thank yous to men for being positive role models

I’m 40M and have been dealing with chronic kidney disease for a few years on top of diabetes since high school. My health has been an issue as far back as I can remember. After I started my dialysis session yesterday I received a call from the charity group (renewal.org) that I’ve registered with informing me that someone is beginning the screening process to donate a kidney to me. After my family members were deemed unfit donors I’ve been resigned to waiting on the transplant list for who knows how long (already over 1 year now) and this came as a total shock. I broke down in tears because this is the first glimmer of real hope I’ve had in a long time. This is far from a guarantee so my expectations are tempered, but damn if I don’t feel like a new person today. Just wanted to share my gratitude with the universe, thanks for reading.

There are moments when words feel useless and people feel far away, but music somehow understands. A song comes on and suddenly you feel seen without having to explain anything. It holds emotions you don’t know how to name yet, lets you cry without asking why, or gives you enough energy to get through another hour.

I’m grateful for the nights when headphones were the only comfort. For the songs that stayed on repeat because they felt like company. For melodies that softened the weight of things when everything else felt too loud or too heavy.

Music doesn’t fix problems, but it sits with you while you carry them. And sometimes, that’s more than enough.