I've always found that practicing gratitude is necessary to live a life with an abundance of love. I've been trying to practice days of gratitude with the two little ones I care for all day every day but also be very aware of the love being passed towards us and around us while thinking about ways we can pass love even further along. In a year of uncertainties, there has been so much love and such a fresh perspective on living. Today at the park, one of our friends gave us fruit to share with the littles (in an exchange of snacks) and another park friend gave us his daughter's clothes she no longer wears for Luna. Both completely out of the blue, but both a continued reminder of how kind and generous we CAN be as a society, as a community and as a family. In a year away from family, we certainly have many who have looked out for us, and it brings peace and hope when previously both may have been feeling a bit empty. The world really is full of love- you just need to be looking in the right places. 

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