Today I am thankful for...

Welcome to my gratitude blog, which was formerly my 365 project (posts 5/30/10 - 5/30/11). I will continue posting 10 things for which I am grateful to help me (and maybe you too) stay positive.

Here's to optimism, gratitude, and all the simple pleasures of life :)

Pride and pita chips

Day 9: What do you think about LGBT Pride? Is it helpful or hurtful? Encouraged or unnecessary?

I absolutely love LGBT Pride. I think it’s great that someone started a great big movement to embrace who we are and love one another. I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of attending the Pride Parade in San Francisco a few times, and it is just the most glorious, colorful, and quirky parade I’ve ever seen :) One of my favorite parts is parents of LGBT people marching with signs proclaiming that they love their children no matter what. My other favorite is families with same-sex parents marching - some pushing carriages, some hoisting their adopted children up on their shoulders, and all walking together as a strong family.

  1. Good friends who go to the Pride Parade with me
  2. Seeing all these awesome people concentrated in one area!
  3. Rainbows :)
  4. Vanilla Almond Special K
  5. Hanging out w/classmates today
  6. Visiting the Northridge mall for the first time!
  7. My giant, giant burrito
  8. Doodling w/classmates
  9. Phone calls w/the Private
  10. Reminiscing Sugarland moments w/Sasquatch

More nomz from Northridge’s itty bitty kitchen:

Teriyaki chicken, bok choy, and jasmine rice with help from my cooking assistant :)

Mom’s tomato-onion-egg scramble w/soy sauce and jasmine rice

Grilled ham & cheese w/pita chips and jalapeno hummus