There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.
Im about as straight an arrow as youll find out there.
Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers.
I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.
I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.
Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.