those girls on Oprah's special - i can't get their faces out of my mind.

so filled with hope.

and light.

and determination to move up and out of their current circumstances

into

possibility.

made my gratitude list so easy to make.

today i am grateful for~

*a warm, safe home

*being born in america where education is free for all children

*tears

*joyful faces

*eyes sparkling with knowledge and a certainty that good things are coming in the midst of great hardship and despair

*the resilience of the human spirit

*hope

*hot showers

*food in the refrigerator

*clean water to drink

*my blessed life