42 Days of Gratitude: Day 4

Yesterday was a big day. I traveled down to Manhattan to meet face to face an amazing woman Tess Martin-Fox who I had met on Twitter. It was really exciting and a beautiful autumn day; full of sunshine kisses as I tooled down the Eastern seaboard in my red/black MINI Cooper.

Such an adventure. I drove down alone. We met at Cafe Angelique’s on Grove Street i the West Village; very groovy, very Manhattan. How perfect that I should get to sit-down with this lady in a coffee house. She had French press. I had a double espresso. That right there is a wonderful thing.

We talked about Twitter. We talked about the holidays, which not everyone likes the same as I do. I come complete with bells, redecked in red and green and using ornaments as jewelry. But I’m a clown, so it is to be expected. So of course I am enthralled by anyone who does not revel in the holidays. I live with a bah humbugger and in his defense he is always trying to get me to “calm down” or “cheer down”. I am loud and very rambunctious, so who can blame him. Well Tess who is such a momma, such a healer; yes as she says a “maternal nurturer”. And it was an honour to et to meet her.

So for Day 4 I was grateful for new friends. I am grateful for the friendship that Twitter has brought unexpectedly into my life. It is amazing the power that words have to attract. It was Shelly Kramer (@ShellyKramer) who said I was “feisty” and Tess who was following Shelly on Twitter saw that word and started following me and we really did hit it off like we’ve been friends since we were three years old. Really, really Best Friends Forever.