Welcome to Part II of my November series, Flashes of Gratitude. After being inspired by Glitter Guide’s challenge to notice and be grateful for the big and small parts of your everyday life, I decided to write about what I’m thankful for every Friday this month. Last week, I wrote about love and loss and how this painful season of grieving has also demonstrated to me how to love other people well. Today I’m highlighting my gratefulness for people that go out of their way to demonstrate generosity and kindness to strangers…something I’ve personally been trying to work on. Keep reading to learn why sharing a meal, pancakes specifically, is the reason why I’m grateful today. This is my friend Jenny. She is wise, thoughtful and a beautiful person inside and out. When my phone dings in the wee hours of the morning, I know it’s Jenny sending me some sort of funny story or encouraging scripture. She is the type of person that you just want to be friends with. On a recent work trip out to California, Jenny joined me mid-way and turned it into a bleisure vacation. She and I started off in Sacramento, next explored Sonoma and ended our […]