Good morning Craughers! How are we all doing? Hanging in there? Barely? Kinda? Wishing this fever dream would end and the correct timeline would restart? Fucking same. Let’s get some coffee and find some gratitude anyway. Gratitude, even for the small things, can have a huge impact on your day, outlook and the health of those around you as you will be less likely to throat punch them (maybe). Join me for another Faceless Friday and see what has rocked my face off this week, and be sure to add your own!

World War II Or rather having had the opportunity to have known people that served in WWII. My Grandpa’s brothers both served, one as map maker and one as a soldier. My Grandpa was not allowed to sere because one male had to stay home incase both brothers did not make it back. The other person I knew was a nurse, who climbed the ranks to General in her unit. She served long and hard and had some pretty gnarly stories. I bring these people up to say how absolutely horrified they and their generation would be to see a President wage war on “Antifa”. Let me be VERY clear antifa means, and always has meant anti fascist. A fascist is a system of government marked by an authoritarian or dictator, with a capitalist economy, the violently opposes the opposition and is typically very loud and belligerent about nationalism and racism. So when a President of a “free” country starts spouting of hate and calling ANTIFA a hate group and a terrorist organization I think we have some fucking things to be concerned with. BUT this is Faceless Friday and we are here for gratitude… Here is what is rocking my face off about this whole mess: educated people, people with empathy, protestors, those that are working tirelessly to cling to hope that we will not lose our country. That gives me hope, and that fuckin rocks.

Honestly I don’t think I have it in me to write more in depth about anything else today so let’s just do our quick list

AND in no particular order (besides coffee) here the other things rocked my face off this past week:

Coffee, hazelnut creamer, cinnamon in my coffee, coffee in the morning, coffee in the afternoon, coffee in the evening, coffee, coffee, coffee, seeing real footage from Portland, Chicago and LA from real people and not listening to a hateful regime of liars, my doggos for just being awesome, my smart kid for being hilarious and maybe a tad bit too much like his Momma, having a truck to borrow because once again I can’t afford to fix the car I have, naps!, Celsius Strawberry and Pomegranate flavor specifically (yeah I didn’t think I would be an energy drink person either), NEW MUSIC (always!!), running water, sunshine, finally feeling some fall weather (even if my bones think that’s stooopid), making friends and connections!, nice blankets, finally getting my feet warm after they have been cold for hours, pain pills! OH gangsta rap that mentions pain pills because it makes me feel like a BA even though I’m taking shit because I’m broken, embarrassing my kid by peeing on the side of a back road because old lady mom bladder and I couldn’t wait (he thought I was going to get arrested immediately btw), it being FRIDAY so I can sleep in tomorrow!!

AND YOU dear reader, for being here! Thanks for joining me!

All love, all ways, always.

Craughing Girl