February 1st, 2026

• “I am thankful my husband reminded me to begin the days with alternating hot and cold packs on my biopsy site. Amazing how this helps the circulation and lymph system clear the bruising.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
  • “I am grateful we got our Costco shopping done earlier in the day so we could relax the balance of our Sunday together.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
• “I appreciate my husband helping break up the proteins we purchased into meal sizes so we could freeze them for future use.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
• “I am blessed to live in a time with readily access to food items from around the word. Affording us an opportunity to create delicious exotic meals. It is my little way of traveling without leaving my kitchen.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)
• “I am thankful my husband’s imagination in the kitchen tonight made a yummy pizza for dinner. He used his famous ‘green sauce’ as a base and it came out fantastic.” (Heather Houston 2-1-26)

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• “I am grateful for the laughter between myself and my swimmers as I egged them on to start their workout in the freezing pool water🥶. I’m a sadistic coach.” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
• “I appreciate my partner listening to me as I vent stress of my uncertainty and ongoing “To Do” list. He is so patient with me.”♥️ (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
• “I am thankful for a light dinner of bao dumplings and beer.” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
• “I appreciate the movie alignment with my partner as we watched Gandhi…again. Just love this flick!” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)
• “I am blessed to have drifted off to sleep so quickly last night as I was wiped out.” (Heather Houston 2-1-22)

January 31st, 2022

• “I appreciate my husband committed to feeding Genevieve or sourdough starter so I could use a portion of her to make buttermilk sourdough pancakes for breakfast.” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)
• “I am thankful Arsenal beat Leeds in today in the EPL. Go Gunners!” ⚽️(Heather Houston 1-31-26)
• “I am blessed to have a family who connects with me in meaningful ways.” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)
• “I appreciate the green sauce my husband made for our steak dinner tonight…scrumptious!” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)
• “I am thankful my husband has a similar sense of humor and gets me.” (Heather Houston 1-31-26)

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• “I am thankful I got all my monthly reports submitted…on time.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
• “I appreciate the banter my swim athlete had with me at practice. It added to our relatedness as coach and athlete.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
• “I am thankful for the young soldier who waited to hold the door open for me at the gym. Very polite gentleman.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
• “I am thankful for a partner who will hear me bitch and complain about a frustrating work scenario. He supports me through thick and thin.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)
• “I am grateful to my partner for helping me review, test drive and potentially purchase my first car ever. Daunting experience, but with him in my corner, I feel confident.” (Heather Houston 1-31-22)

January 30th, 2026

• “Grateful for my husband encouraging me to stay home from work to further recover from my biopsy. Just completely worn out. Thanks babe!”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
• “I appreciate my supervisor’s response when I notified him I needed to take a sick day. ‘I’m glad you’re taking time to rest and heal. Please don’t worry about any of the meetings, and no apologies necessary. We should build a culture where we start with the value of taking care of ourselves and each other, and everything else will get done.’l (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
• “I am so very thankful my biopsy histology results came back negative for cancer. I’m so relieved!” (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
• “I appreciate celebrating the news of no cancer with a dram of Laphroaig Quarter Cask Single Malt Scotch with my love.” (Heather Houston 1-30-26)
• “Thankful for a husband always in my corner loving me HARD!” (Heather Houston 1-30-26)

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• “I am thankful to sleep in with my partner on a lazy Sunday.” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
• “I am blessed to have a partner as goofy as myself.  He woke up and said “I’m hungry, let’s have French Dips for breakfast.”  BRILLIANT!!!” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
• “I appreciate our walks to the store together with our dog Kiva.  I feel so European to walk to the market and shop for the dinner meal.” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
• “I am thankful that I found my reusable shopping bag as I dropped it at a crosswalk on the way to the market.  Remarkably, it was there when we walked back.” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)
• “I am grateful for my partner indulging me on my desire to make a chicken dish from another random country.  Today was Mussakhan from Jordan.  It was absolutely beautiful!” (Heather Houston 1-30-22)

  

January 29th, 2026

• “I appreciate my husband showing me his love all week caring for me. Thank you my love!”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-29-26)
• “I am grateful we have had mild weather this far into Winter.” (Heather Houston 1-29-26)
• “I am blessed to be from tough stock as this week has been more tiring than usual as my body recovers.” (Heather Houston 1-29-26)
• “Thankful to come home reconnect with my husband, share a martini, eat Indonesian Fried Chicken and watch the Netflix series, ‘Victoria.’ Sometimes a slow jog to the finish line of the day is needed to unwind.” Heather Houston 1-29-26)
• “I am grateful I can nearly fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. Using up the entire day!” (Heather Houston 1-29-26)

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• “I am always grateful for sleep-in Saturdays!” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
• “I am thankful my commute to work was safe and smooth sailing even with the freezing fog.” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
• “I appreciate that I was able to do my grocery shopping on the prior day which allows me more quality time with my love!”💞 (Heather Houston 1-29-22)
• “I am grateful for the opportunity to use our tri-tip roast leftovers to make French dips for dinner.  Extremely delicious!” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)

  

• “I appreciate watching a movie at home that I might not have ever seen, but it turned out to be quite good…”Phantom Thread”.” (Heather Houston 1-29-22)

  

January 28th, 2026

• “I am thankful my husband cleaned the kitchen and made me a breakfast to help ease me into the day as I recover.” (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
• “I appreciate that traffic was light on my commute to work” (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
• “I am grateful for my crafty genes from my family. I made a hair accessory for a youth/client who is indigenous and transsexual. Helping her feel seen as she sees herself.” (Heather Houston 1-28-26)

• “I am blessed to have husband who expresses himself as a chef.”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-28-26)
• “I am thankful my sleep hygiene is a habit as getting enough sleep at this juncture is paramount.”!(Heather Houston 1-28-26)

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• “I appreciate it is Friday…T.G.I.F.!” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
• “I am thankful I got all my work tasks done early in the day, leaving me time to work on writing workouts for my athletes.” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
• “I appreciate my swimming athlete trusting me with managing her service dog while she completed my assigned swim workout.” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)
• “I am blessed to be able to make a tri-tip roast with my partner.  I made him Garlic Red Potato Mash…so yummy!” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)

  

• “I am grateful for the few minutes of lull time when I first get into bed and I am attacked with love and licks by my dog, Kiva.” (Heather Houston 1-28-22)

January 27th, 2026

• “I am grateful to not have to workout today…Doctors orders. As my chest is pretty sore.” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
• “I am blessed my husband has been on cleaning duties to give me a break while I heal from my puncture wound…LOL!” 🏹 (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
• “I am thankful to witness a colleague come to a transformative realization about her BEingness in life and sharing that tidbit with me. So powerful!” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
• “I am blessed to live in a time when medical care can be advanced enough to help prevent life ending diseases when caught early.” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)
• “I am thankful my husband plays an audiobook to put me to sleep at night so my mind has little time to wander.” (Heather Houston 1-27-26)

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• “I am blessed to have the time in the morning to get the house in order so when my partner rises in the morning, he as a clean home to start his day in.” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
• “I am grateful that a swimming pool has hours that align with the coaching hours for my athletes.” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
• “I am thankful the traffic on my commute home today was unusually light.  Seems like I got home in less than an hour today.  WINNING!”🏆 (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
• “I appreciate the simple things in life.  My partner and I settled on loaded baked potatoes for dinner which was simple, easy and fabulous!” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)
• “I am thankful for the softest sheets in the universe on my bed.  It makes going to bed each night a joy!” (Heather Houston 1-27-22)

January 26th, 2026

• “I am grateful I had sick leave in order to take off today as ai prepared mentally for my biopsy.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
• “I am thankful to be able to meditate twice today.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
• “ I am thankful my husband drove me to my appointment.”❤️ (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
• “I am grateful that the medical team was thoughtful and kind as I asked my many confirming questions at my appointment.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)
• “I am blessed to have a husband who cares for me and made a lovely pazole for dinner.” (Heather Houston 1-26-26)

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• “I appreciate getting nearly 8-hours of sleep to start my day (7-hours & 41-minutes). When I am rested, everything is better in my day and how I experience it.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
• “I am thankful that my food hankerings align with my partner.  He mentioned having loaded hot dogs for dinner and I was all in!” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
• “I am grateful my employer allows teleworking from time to time.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
• “I love having an afternoon delight moment with my love before dinner.  HOT!!!” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)
• “I am blessed to have a dog who loves me enough to try to be a parrot.  He will perch himself on the back of the couch looking over my shoulder to be as close as possible to his #1 playmate.” (Heather Houston 1-26-22)

January 25th, 2026

• “I am grateful my husband muddled through my sourdough pancakes even though I messed up on the amount of flour.” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
• “I am blessed to spend the day relaxing with my love.” ❤️ (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
• “I appreciate our strategy for achieving the perfect grocery shop. Creating a weekly menu, categorizing the needed items and shopping at the stores which offer the best ingredients.” (Heather Houston 1-25-26)
• “I am thankful for my husband’s inspiration to create an Agog Pizza tonight.” 🍕(Heather Houston 1-25-26)
• “I am thankful for our nightly getting ready for sleep routine each night to express our gratitude for the day and set our bodies up for a restful sleep. Go Sleep Hygiene!” Heather Houston 1-25-26)

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• “I am thankful for the deep love of my partner.  He surprised me this morning with a commissioned work of digital art.  It is of a sexual context and an image rendition of me, so I will keep it to myself.  However, not in a million years would I have ever thought some would commission a piece of art just for me.  It is beautiful and a fabulous expression of our love.  I love you Neil!”💖 (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
• “I am blessed to work with Dave Iuli with our field athletes today.  We both have gifts to offer these athletes and we compliment one another’s coaching style.  Thanks Dave!” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
• “I am grateful to have swimming athletes who are so coachable.  I asked them to do an interval outside of their normal mode and they both had a break through in their swimming form and pacing.  Excellent job Dustin and Stacey!” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
• “I am thankful that my partner and I made our favorite meal for dinner…breaded pan fried fillet of sole.  It is what we affectionately call “crack.”  It is addictive like a drug it is so delectable.” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)
• “I appreciate the pre sleep cuddle moments with my love each night as I drift to sleep safe, secure and loved.” (Heather Houston 1-25-22)

January 24th, 2026

• “I am thankful for weekends so we get to sleep in.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
• “I appreciate my husband cleaning the kitchen from last nights cook and making us a yummy breakfast of poached eggs, toast and bacon.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
• “I am grateful the guy who backed up into my car at the bank did not damage my car.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
• “I am blessed to be able to purchase firewood to heat our house and add ambience to our nightly experience. (Heather Houston 1-24-26)
• “I am grateful that my husband plans ahead in the week to make pizza dough so we have it available to create delicious fusion pizzas. Tonight he had spicy red sauce, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, pickled jalapeños, fresh mozzarella, hot honey and red chili flakes.” (Heather Houston 1-24-26)

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• “I am thankful my rowing athlete was hearty enough to finish his erg workout this morning.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
• “I am grateful to get all my 300+ appointments entered for the whole month of February.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
• “I appreciate the scrumptious meatballs sold at QFC, which helped make dinner super easy and tasty.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)
• “I am thankful that I found a bottle of Chianti wine in a wicker basket…🍷Castello Banfi Bell’Agio Straw Flask. I have always wanted to sample this Italy staple.” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)

  

• “I am grateful for a partner who cares whether or not I’m rested and scoots me off to bed early each night. Thank you honey!” (Heather Houston 1-24-22)

January 23rd, 2026

• “I am grateful my husband soaked the cornmeal pot from the previous night’s cook which made cleaning the pot this morning a breeze.” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
• “I appreciate my colleagues replying to my time sensitive emails so I could continue to move the work for youth and families forward and in a timely manner.” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
• “I appreciate my husband refraining from too much of the “Shame Train” when I shared I didn’t and wasn’t going to workout this morning.” 🙏🏼😆 (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
• “I feel blessed to be privileged enough to chose what I want for dinner and tonight is NACHO NIGHT!” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)
• “I am thankful to have a loving husband who makes every reconnection a magical experience.” (Heather Houston 1-23-26)

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• “I am thankful to have my partner share his love of football⚽️ with me. I enjoy watching with him so much! Too bad Arsenal didn’t win!” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
• “I am grateful I kept on top of my “To Do” tasks and got all the laundry completed.” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
• “I am thankful my partner is so adventurous to make a new cocktail for us to happy hour with…Tequila Old Fashioned.” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
• “I am thankful the market was not busy and I whizzed in and out in a flash!” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)
• “I appreciate how loving my dog is as he tries to perch on my shoulder like a parrot…all 20# of love.” (Heather Houston 1-23-22)