Creating Gratitude ⋆ Christine Gautreaux MSW

Creating Gratitude

Dear friends,

I’m currently snuggled in on this Sunday morning as a soft gentle rain falls outside and a flickering fire whispers to me as I drink my tea and write.

Over at the Daily Creative Practice today marks the start of our week of gratitude. We will be creating something daily to celebrate.

Artwork by +Hallelujah Truth

There are so many people, events and things in my life to be grateful for it would be impossible to put them all in one post.

Date night – where we met Elvis at Lionheart Theatre – grateful for new friends too!

This morning I am grateful for teamwork. Yesterday Joe and I worked on the garage together for over six hours! We laughed and joked that if was a good thing we celebrated 20 years of marriage this week and knew our marriage was strong before we tackled this project! We are still in the process of unpacking and de-cluttering from our move this summer and yesterday was a big step in that process. We rewarded ourselves with a date night and went to see a local theater production that several of our friends were in – super fun!

I am also grateful for the teamwork of my friend +Jennifer Denning. This fall we’ve been traveling together early Friday mornings up to the Lee Arrendale State Prison and doing InterPlay with a group of @16 women. It has been incredibly meaningful and an important step on my journey to combining my profession of Social Work and InterPlay.

Gratitudes of course for my friend +Ruth Schowalter who when we met well over a year ago she found out I had written a (as in one) blog and she asked me some awesome questions which prompted this blog: blogging for you-blogging for me
that has lead to over 230 blogs – wow! We have also been a team of two leaders in training for InterPlay on a fun journey for over a year now! We meet bi-weekly to study our Leader materials and practice our “play.”


Grateful for nature & gardens too – Christine & Ruth at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens 🙂

I am so lucky that this list and blog could go on and on in gratitudes….

So what/or who are you grateful for today?

Wrapping you around with infinite love and gratitude,

Christine

About the Author: Christine Gautreaux, MSW

Christine Gautreaux, MSW is dedicated to the pursuit of play, joy, art & social justice. Christine’s superpowers include connecting people, helping folks manifest their dreams, standing up against injustice and using art to make a difference in the world. She currently uses Interplay to address issues of oppression with people living with severe and persistent mental illness, homelessness, women refugees, racial justice and women who are incarcerated. Christine believes in the power of body wisdom and somatic play to help heal trauma. She also works with professional caregivers, activists and artists to maintain balance and self-care during these intense times we find ourselves living. Christine Gautreaux holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Social Work. Christine is a professional speaker, coach & author and entrepreneur and the owner of Wisdom on Wings Coaching. Christine is the co-author of Stillpoint: A Caregivers Playbook to find ease and to take a deep breath and reclaim joy. www.christinegautreaux

8 Comments

Deborah Weber November 23, 2014 at 6:40 pm - Reply

What wonderful things to celebrate and hold in gratitude! And congratulations on the blogging – yay you. What a fun idea about Daily Creative Practice and spending a week on gratitude. Right now I'm grateful for a lazy Sunday afternoon, a cup of delicious joe, and the time to catch up on some letter writing.
Christine Gautreaux November 23, 2014 at 9:28 pm - Reply

Thanks Deborah! Yay for lazy Sunday afternoons – I too am grateful for them. It's a gray rainy day here in GA and it's good to be snuggled in!
Elda November 24, 2014 at 5:40 am - Reply

Congrats on over 230 blogs in one year! Wowser… I do enjoy reading your posts each day so 'cheers' to several hundred more this upcoming year!
HALLELUJAH TRUTH November 24, 2014 at 3:40 pm - Reply

Christine! Dear Friend! It is so inspiring to be in your life and feel your love and energy! You are such a joy! Congratulations on all of your accomplishments this year. I am so grateful for you! Thank you for being you!
Christine Gautreaux November 26, 2014 at 1:21 am - Reply

Thanks Elda!!!
Christine Gautreaux November 26, 2014 at 1:21 am - Reply

Thanks Ruth! I feel the same way – Love you my friend!!!
Suzanne November 27, 2014 at 8:42 pm - Reply

20 years of marriage and a clean garage is a good thing. We finally built a shed this year. So its 29 years for us and a clean garage finally. 🙂
Christine Gautreaux November 27, 2014 at 8:58 pm - Reply

Awesome Suzanne 🙂