| Dr. Nancy Snyderman, the medical commentator on | | | | and a long, scenic walk. During the week, walks are |
| NBC's Today show, was talking recently about heart | | | | usually limited to the 'hood. Sunday means an |
| disease. She went through the usual diet, exercise, | | | | excursion. Today we went to Golden, Colorado. |
| no smoking and fish oil suggestions that we all know | | | | That's where Coors Beer is brewed. The downtown |
| we should be following. Snyderman also emphasized | | | | is full of bikers and shops. There's a path along Clear |
| the importance of thinking positively. That can be a | | | | Creek that extends for miles. The temperature was |
| tall order when there are so many people short on | | | | 65 degrees. Hang gliders were swooping overhead. |
| funds or employment. She suggested that two ways | | | | Along the path were several bronze sculptures |
| to reduce negativity in your life is to hang out with | | | | celebrating Golden's Old West history. Trappers, deer, |
| positive people and look for positive, optimistic | | | | and a freedom fighter decorated the trail. Golden's |
| information. | | | | present day was illuminated by sculptures of a boy |
| Dr. Snyderman reminisced about her son's return | | | | with a baseball bat and a kayaker emerging from a |
| home from school one day. He must have been | | | | mass of rushing bronze water. |
| around 10 years old at the time. Since it was a | | | | We walked down the trail enjoying the afternoon. |
| beautiful spring afternoon, she and her son sat | | | | Cody Elvis greeted everyone who glanced his way. |
| outside in the yard to review his day. They were | | | | Kids, parents and grandparents gushed over how |
| sitting next to a yellow leafed bush. A black butterfly | | | | cute and friendly Cody was as he jumped up on |
| landed on the bush. Astonished by the contrast of | | | | them and gave them kisses - both behaviors I've |
| the black butterfly surrounded by yellow foliage, | | | | been trying to dog whisperer out of him for six |
| young Snyderman proclaimed, "That's the blessing for | | | | months. "Not everyone wants to be jumped up on |
| today." | | | | and licked," I keep telling him. |
| That story got me looking for the blessing for the | | | | A few steps further down the path, we saw a |
| day. I'm writing this on Sunday. I was looking for the | | | | life-size bronze statue of a young girl sitting on a |
| blessing for the day all day. I had so many blessings | | | | bench reading a book to a little boy on her lap. Cody |
| that I couldn't decide what was THE blessing for | | | | yanked his leash out of my hand, jumped up on the |
| today. Was it the raisin bread French toast I made | | | | bronze girl and with great joy, licked her face. All |
| this morning? Was it the coziness of my down | | | | path traffic stopped to watch. The chorus of, "How |
| comforter? Was it that long soak in the tub? Since I | | | | sweet," could be heard in several zip codes. A little |
| was looking everywhere for THE blessing for today, | | | | rescue dog so happy with life; so full of love he had |
| I kept running into blessings big and small, languorous | | | | to share it with a statue. That was THE blessing for |
| and fleeting, serious and silly. By 2:30 PM though, I | | | | today. |
| hadn't experienced THE blessing for today. | | | | I wonder what tomorrow's blessing for the day will |
| The most exciting part of Sunday is deciding where | | | | be. |
| we'll take the pup, Cody Elvis, for a ride in the car | | | | |
