While most people dread tax day, I am grateful to have the opportunity to run a successful business and know what it takes to make it as an entrepreneur for the past twenty-five years. I have never had to work for anyone else. What is not great about that!
I am grateful for the opportunity to travel. Each October we go to Hawaii before we get ready for a long winter on the sled dog trails. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to make the reservations for this trip just a couple days ago for the upcoming October.
I am grateful for my continued good health and the ability to heal quickly. This is a photo of a spiral fracture of my left middle finger in a injury that happened hooking up the sled dogs on Thanksgiving Day. While the healing has been slow and it cut short a lot of my longer races this winter, my health is still great and I intend to not let anything stop me.
I am grateful for our little house in the woods. We bought this place sight unseen almost five years ago on the advice of our friend Dave who is an Iditarod veteran and now a realtor. We asked him to find us a place with access to mushing trails and the Internet! We have done so much work to make this house a home but it is our little piece of the American dream.
I am so grateful for the abundance that my bees produce. These little guys teach me ever year about the cycle of life and what hard work and perseverance is all about. In just a couple weeks our hives will be up and running again.