It´s heavy out there. 

It helps to focus on the gratitude and joy we can access right where we are.

5 things I´m loving right now: 

1) We are looking forward to the birth of our sixth grandchild this month here in Amsterdam! Looking at a mid-month due date, so we are all in ready mode. This one will be our first Dutch-American grandbaby.  

2) My husband and I made a pact to visit at least one museum per week during our first year here. We are meeting this goal easily, as there are so many great museums! This month´s favorites include a private tour of the Six family museum, and a trip to Haarlem to see both the Franz Hals Museum (featuring his incredible paintings) and Teylers Museum, which is the oldest museum in the Netherlands and filled with everything from dinosaur bones and fossils to early microscopes and many paintings. 

3) It´s back-to-school time, and I am loving the return to seeing parents pedaling their kids to school each morning. 

4) I am having some interesting conversations with new Substack friends, as well as futurists and foresight connections on Linkedin. 

5) Mostly...the grandmother thing! My grandma name is Yaya, so my husband snapped this photo of me in front of Yaya, a clothing store for women. 

What are YOU loving right now?

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xo,