Hi Dotsie, We, like you started to write down things everyday that we were grateful for. We were in awe of how things were connected. Like a pretty flower that needs a stem to hold it up and roots in the ground and rain water to help it grow and sunshine for nourishment. One thing kept leading to another and we were having fun with our new awareness of what to be grateful for. We wanted to do something that would make a difference and challenged ourselves to come up with five things for every day of the year. We created a theme for every month and wrote an essay for each month also. Hence our book. Now we are known as the gratitude ladies and we promote gratitude every chance we get because it is so life changing. It is a great practice to have and one that is getting more popular every day.