Day 32

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• ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀When I started fifth grade, it was in a new school in a new city. I made friends with a girl named, Danielle, who thought it was imperative I was immediately made aware of all the ins and outs of the school. As she was explaining things to me at lightning speed she stopped to ask if I had some specific school supply. I told her no. She said, "Just ask your mom to...wait. Do you have a mom?" ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀
• ⠀ I thought to myself, 'doesn't everyone?' as I replied, "yea." (Pause) "Do you have a mom?" ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
•  "No. My mom died last year." ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ 
• ⠀As a kid, I didn't think too much of this exchange, but it must have resonated deeply for me to still remember it so well.
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• ⠀And as I was remembering all this today, it got me thinking. Aren't the prices we put on different things so absurd? Our family, our health, our homes. How cheap we think our most precious blessings. How we assume because we have something, so must others as well. How we assume that just because we have something today, have always had it, so will continue to do so. How we assume that there will always be time to cherish them, later. It's only after we lose these blessings that they become priceless.
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  So today, #32, I'm grateful for being so blessed that I'm able to make assumptions. .
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  #assumptions
  #grateful
  #gratitude
  #365days
  #day32
  #grateful365