What inspired that name, and what do you hope readers immediately understand before they even open the first page?

Well, when I first had what I call a gratitude attack, I didn't have words for it, and it came from a time when I was processing a lot of grief.

I was on a walk, and I mean, I was not even trying to be grateful.

I have learned to process all my emotions with God and just to press in close, as close as possible, when I'm going through difficult times, and that's what I was doing.

And I tell the whole story in the book, but to make it short, you know, I'm going through all this angst and just talking to God, but I had worship music, I had earbuds in my ear.

And then I just stopped for a moment and I looked, and right next to me was this beautiful bright pink bougainvillea hedge, sort of like the color of my shirt.

And, you know, I just took a deep breath, and then I was like, "Okay," you know like, "I love this color pink.

How did those experiences deepen your relationship with God instead of weakening it?

Mm.

And I didn't believe divorce was an option, and I felt like my life was over.

I felt so hopeless.

And what was so cool is, is this counselor was like, "You know, Wendy, don't even focus on the marriage.

Just focus on you becoming powerful, your powerful, authentic self.

And that other stuff will improve or you'll be in such a place that maybe what's bothering you now isn't bothering you anymore." Or, you know, it was-

Yeah.

And but about seven years after that, I got a diagnosis of breast cancer, and I was like, "God, you've got to be kidding me." That's my you've-got-to-be-kidding-me moment.

Well, it's the

most wonderful thing that that I didn't plan to write a book on gratitude.

What I was doing for quite a few years, I went through a really difficult divorce.

And then a couple of years later, got diagnosed with cancer.

And it was just like hard thing after hard thing.

What? I went through a really difficult divorce.

And then a couple of years later, oh, and was being erased by family, which is... a very painful thing.

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