Confession: 100 reasons to be grateful in an upside down world

When joy feels unattainable, there's always gratitude

I choke on the word pandemic as I write it, because oh how I wish I could put it behind me, but here I am. I reference the pandemic because not since it disrupted our reality in 2020 has life felt so utterly upside down. With 2023 coming to a close, I can safely say things haven’t felt this “pandemic-y” since we shuttered our doors and disinfected our g…