End of an Era

Tomorrow is the final day of posts on The Gratitude Habit Facebook page. It's been five years since I began daily sharing of gratitude oriented material, links, and images on that page. Wow!! I can't believe how much time I spent through the years on Photoshop, creating the square posts from my photos and added text! How many stories I read in order to pick news items to share on the weekly Good News Saturdays!! How many wonderful people that joined the page, commented, liked, and supported the page over those 5 years.

It all started while on a walk. I got the clear vision of creating a gratitude journal for others to use. I couldn't ignore the idea when it returned with even more clarity the following year. So I became determined to produce and publish The Gratitude Habit, a journal and workbook. And of course, once I had the book in hand I had to promote it on Facebook. But what I was really promoting, through the years, was gratitude. The number of followers grew and gratitude has been an ongoing focus, with another journal published a couple of years ago: Parenting the Gratitude Habit.

Now, I am fired up about my promoting my art and need to step away from my time and focus on gratitude and Facebook. Gratitude will continue to touch my life and fill my days no matter what I am involved in. I have so appreciated the journey I have been on and the opportunity to share my Gratitude Habit.

I will be spending my time on Instagram @WendyArts66 sharing my artwork and my creative process. Stop by and say hi.

Give the Gift of Gratitude

Give the Gift of Gratitude

Consider giving a Gratitude Habit journal to those on your gift giving list this holiday season. Parenting the Gratitude Habit is a perfect gift for parents who might be interested in growing their personal relationship with gratitude and having a resource of activities and ideas for fostering gratitude in their children and family. And The Gratitude Habit is an ideal gratitude journal for just about anyone, with prompts, activities, and exercises to further develop their habit of gratitude. Both journals have 365 numbered entries so they can be started on any day of the year.

They are both available at Amazon. The Gratitude Habit Journal can also be purchased at Barnes & Noble and Book Depository. Book Depository is an international bookseller with free shipping worldwide to over 100 countries.

Gratitude Books for Children

While I was creating my newest journal, Parenting The Gratitude Habit, I compiled a list of books for children on the concept of giving thanks and feeling grateful. Spending time with your children by reading books about thankfulness, is one of the many ways of teaching gratitude.

Here are a number of the books I came across:

Gratitude Books:

• I'm Thankful Each Day by P. K. Hallinan (age 2 and up)
• The Thankful Book by Todd Parr (3-6 years)
• Thanks: Learning to appreciate. Gratitude for children. by Luciana Reis (3-10 years)
• Gratitude Soup by Olivia Rosewood (Preschool-Grade 3)
• Grateful: A Song of Giving Thanks (The Julie Andrews Collection) - By John Bucchino (Preschool-Grade 4)
• The Secret Stone by Jill Lauffer and Kathleen Roberts
• Biscuit is Thankful by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (4-8 years)
• An Awesome Book of Thanks! by Dallas Clayton (age 4 and up)
• Secret of Saying Thanks by Douglas Wood (K-Grade 3)
• Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? By Dr. Seuss (K-Grade 4)
• Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Prayer by Chief Jake Swamp (5-11 years) 

Books on Ways to Say Thank You:

• 101 Ways to Say Thank You, Kids and Teens: All-Occasion Thank-You Note Templates, Social Media Etiquette & Gratitude Guide by Kelly Browne
• The Thank You Book for Kids: Hundreds of Creative, Cool, and Clever Ways to Say Thank You! by Ali Lauren Spizman

You can find this list of books in Parenting the Gratitude Habit along with many tips and ideas for making gratitude a family experience.

Parenting The Gratitude Habit: a new journal

Announcing New Book!!

I am so excited to announce the launch of my new gratitude journal -- Parenting The Gratitude Habit: a journal and resource for fostering gratitude in your heart, home, and family.

This new journal is specifically designed as a tool to support parents in creating a grateful environment in which to raise a child. The 365 journal entries and gratitude prompts help parents to deepen a personal gratitude practice in order to strengthen their ability to role model this powerful habit. The book is filled with gratitude prompts and suggestions, tips, and ideas for imparting a sense of thankfulness and appreciation in their children.

Check it out at: Amazon