Month: January 2024

21. Healthy Baby Niece!

22. New Connection

23. Coworkers

24. Scrambled Omlet?

25. Familiar Bird Song

 

#21: Healthy Baby Niece!

This weeks I am very grateful that my brother and sister in law had a healthy delivery! I am very grateful for a new niece. I have 5 siblings, including myself, that makes a total of 6. With the birth of the newest member of the family, I now have a total of 9 nephews and nieces. I am very grateful for every single one of them. Welcome to the world adorable niece!

#22: New Connections

I am grateful for making a new connection this week. I was visiting a site for work and a started having a great conversation with the person at the front desk. He was very kind and helpful. On my way out, I continued the conversation with him. I learned that he is Somali but had lived in Kenya for a while. He told me that he moved to USA in 2010 and that he started losing his Swahili. He asked me to remind him a few words and I was impressed by how much he remembered. Thank you for the lovely conversation.

#23: Coworkers

I am very grateful for my coworkers! I believe strongly that the people you work with can make or break your experience at any career. This week I am particularly grateful that I have a very supportive team.

#24: Scrambled Omlet?

This morning I attempted to make an omelet. What I ended up with was scrambled and did not resemble a tradition omelet. Nonetheless it was delicious and exactly what I needed this morning. I am grateful for that scrambled Omlet.

#25: Familiar Bird Song

This morning I heard a song bird that I usually only hear in the spring and summer time. It is still January and hearing that bird made me feel like spring is around the corner. I am very grateful for that song bird. The moment was short but it brought warm feeling in my heart and a smile in my face.

16. Health

17. Havard Museum

18. Hot Chocolate on a Cold Day

19. Family

20. Workout

 

#16: Health

I am very grateful for health. A very close family friend just came back from a visit to Kenya a couple of days ago. He said he had a little fever when he boarded the plane but when he got home, he was feeling significant worse. He ended up losing his consciousness for over 24 hours. He woke up in the hospital with a doctor asking him if he knew where he is. He found out that he has Malaria. He has not had Malaria for over 20 years. Growing up, I used to get malaria a lot. It was perhaps the most common illness especially during rainy seasons. I am very grateful for health this week.

#17: Harvard Museum

This week I am grateful for Harvard Museum of Natural History. Saturday, my girlfriend and I went back to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Reason I say we went back is because we had been there once before. But the first time we went, we only had about an hour to explore. We could not get through all the exhibits. This time, we had the whole afternoon. We found parking really close to the entrance and received a 50% discount from our library to enter. It was a great time. We viewed the glass flower gallery, the mineral gallery, and paleontology gallery to name a few. Here is one pic of the mineral “Crocoite” from Australia that we saw…

#18: Hot Chocolate on a Cold Day

I am very grateful for Hot Chocolate on a cold day. We left the museum at around 4pm. It was 19 degrees, snowing, and starting to get dark. We stopped at a coffee shop and I ordered some hot chocolate. That is exactly what I needed at that moment. I love hot chocolate especially when it is cold/ snowing outside.

#19: Family

I am very grateful for family. I will keep reminding myself how lucky I am to have such a loving and supportive family. I am always grateful for them.

#20: Workout

I am very grateful for being able to workout again. Last week, I woke having terrible pain in my neck. I cold not move my head at all. I am very grateful that I am feeling better and that I am able to move my body and to work out again.

What are you grateful for this week? If you feel brave, leave it on the comment section. Feel free to also contact me directly.

See you next week…

11. Friends

12. Doctor at Urgent Care

13. The Color Purple

14. Chocolate Chip Cookies

15. Smell of Coffee

#11: Friends

This week I am grateful for my friends Jay, Juliana, and Kezllin. Last weekend, they came over my place to hangout. It was snowy and Icy but they still drove over 40 minutes to see me. We had some pizza and wings for dinner. It is always a great time hanging out with them. We played a fun conversation game called “We’re Not Really Strangers” Thank you so much for visiting me. You all mean a lot to me.

#12: Doctor at Urgent Care

I am very grateful for the kind doctor at Urgent Care in Natick, MA. I woke up on Tuesday morning with a very bad neck pain. I could not move my head left to right or even up and down. I was in so much pain. The doctor at the Urgent Care in Natick was very kind. I felt heard. She ordered that I get an injection of a pain medicine which made my pain go away almost instantly. Thank you so much for treating me. It is incredible that in one hour I was able to access medical care that healed me of excruciating pain. I am very grateful for that.

#13: The Color Purple

I am grateful for the movie the color purple. My girlfriend and I went to the movie theater in Waltham, MA because it was the only theater that was still playing the movie. The music in that film was breathtaking. I am very grateful for being able to experience that moment.

#14: Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am grateful for some delicious chocolate Chip Cookies that I baked this week. I love hot chocolate cookies straight from the oven with FairLife milk. Even thinking about it now makes my mouth watery.

#15: Smell of Coffee

I am very grateful for the smell of Coffee. I personally do not drink coffee but I love the smell of freshly made coffee. My girlfriend has an Nespresso machine which makes really good coffee according to her. I do not like the taste of coffee but I love the smell of it. It never get old.

What are you grateful for this week? If you feel brave, leave it on the comment section. Feel free to also contact me directly.

See you next week…

6. Hot Chocolate

7. This Emotional Life

8. First Snow of the Season

9. New Experiences

10. Chance Encounter

 

#6: Hot Chocolate

This week I am grateful for hot chocolate.

I only enjoy hot chocolate during the winter season. This week I enjoyed a particularly delicious cup. The hot chocolate was from a beautiful cafe in Lenox Massachusetts.

#7: This Emotional Life

I am grateful for the TV show This Emotional Life on PBS. Hosted by one of my favorite researchers Daniel Gilbert, the show explores the highs and lows of human life. The third and final episode was particularly meaningful. The episode explored what really makes us happy. Thank you Professor Gilbert for always making me think.

#8: First Snow of the Season

I am grateful for the first snow of the season. We received about 4-6 inches of snow on Sunday. It was sunny on Monday morning and the scenery was breath taking. Here is a picture but it does not do it justice

This will probable not be the only time I say this but I love changing seasons. I enjoy experiencing all 4 seasons. Growing in Kenya seasons did not change as drastically and that might be part of the reason I experience the seasons in the way that I do.

#9: New Experiences

I am very grateful for new experiences. Like I mentioned on my first gratitude this week, I was in Western Massachusetts this week. My girlfriend took a road trip for the weekend. I enjoy exploring new places. It makes my heart full of gratitude with every new experience.

I am grateful for the breakfast we had…

I am grateful for beautiful art…

I am grateful for the friendly puppy…

I am grateful for the beautiful view of the town of Great Barrington

#10: Chance Encounter

I am very grateful for the friend we made. She owns a shop in Lenox, MA. We had a lovely conversation that ended up lasting about 40 minutes. We learned that she had recently gotten surgeries to both her arms because she was having a hard time gripping thing. We ended up helping her move one of her merchandise boxes to make her store more accessible. I also learned that she has been to Kenya on a Safari back in 1980s.

Thank you for the lovely conversation.

What are you grateful for this week? If you feel brave, leave it on the comment section. Feel free to also contact me directly.

See you next week…

1. Kind Stranger
2. My Mother
3. Break from Work
4. New Year
5. Sunset on Dec.26th

#1: Kind Stanger

This week, I am especially grateful for a very kind stranger I met at the Indian Market in Shrewsbury, MA. I was looking for corn flour to make Ugali, a traditional Kenyan dish, for my mother and brother, who were returning from Kenya. I searched all over the store but couldn’t find it. A woman in the same aisle was looking for millet flour for a traditional porridge. I mentioned what I was searching for, and she told me she hadn’t had any luck finding the corn flour there either.

I asked the cashier for help, and after consulting with the manager, they directed me back to the same aisle. The manager explained that if it wasn’t there, they didn’t have it in stock. Just as I was about to leave, the kind stranger called out to me—she had found the corn flour on a hard-to-reach shelf! I was so touched by her effort. Thank you so much for your kindness. My family was grateful too. I wish I had gotten your number to thank you properly.

#2: My Mother

I am always grateful for my mother but this week I am extra grateful. I wouldn’t be where I am today without her. She has single handedly been the biggest influence in my life. I love her and appreciate everything she has done and continue to do for me. She brought me some Kenyan tea from her trip back from Kenya. I am very grateful for her.

#3: Break From Work

I am grateful for the break we received from work. We got the week between Dec.25th-Jan.2 off. I am grateful I got a chance to hang out and catch up with Family and Friends. I am grateful for an opportunity to catch up on some sleep. I am grateful for an opportunity to watch my favorite shows and listen to my favorite Podcasts. I am grateful for an opportunity to rest and recharge.

#4: New Year

I am very grateful for a New Year! I hope to make some great connections this year. I am grateful for new beginnings and a fresh start. I will remind myself to be kind, compassionate, and grateful this year.

#5: Sunset on Dec 26th

I am grateful for the sunset on Dec. 26th. I went for a short walk that day at 4:15pm and I was fortunate to catch a beautiful sight on my walk. Here is the picture…

Nature can be breath-taking and I am grateful for being alive to experience some of nature’s beauty.