Growing in thanksgiving

For most of my life, I’ve had a lot of trouble saying “thank you.” Not because I didn’t legitimately feel grateful or because I didn’t appreciate someone’s kindness, but because I was drawing attention to an imbalance, like acknowledging a debt. They’d done something nice for me, and now I owed them.

It probably says a lot about who I used to be.

I’m more openly gracious these days. The last two years have taught me volumes about accepting gifts, love, and acts of kindness with words. I frequen...