Thank You for Toilet Paper: A History of the Little Things

From chilling on the beach to hanging out with friends, to making sea voyages more comfortable, there are quite a few reasons we have to be grateful for hammocks!

From detangling a bad hair day to helping with toxicology reports, hair brushes and combs do a lot more than help us keep our hair on. Time for a little love!

From duck tape to masking tape and surgical tape, this sticky substance has been helping humanity "keep it together" for more than a century. Time for a little love and gratitude for tape!

From Happy Feet to March of the Penguins, humans just love to watch these tuxedoed birds do their thing. Time for a little bit of love for the magnificent penguin!

Sometimes we find tangible things to be grateful for, and sometimes we are grateful for the intangible, the experiences. This week we're going to try something a little different, and I'm going to share a few stories from my trip to Korea, for which I am particularly grateful. Let's talk about a few tender mercies, the kindness of strangers, and making connections.

There are many places you don't want it: in your hair, on your shoe, or on the street, but when times are dire and breath is bad, there's nothing quite like a piece of chewing gum to save the day! Time for a little love for chewing gum.

Shaved ice, in various forms, offers icy relief during hot months. From snow cones to bingsu, it's time for a little bit of love for the treat that keeps us cool!

They can be small, simple, hold good stories or painful memories, or, according to Dumbledoor, can even be shaped like a map of the London Underground: scars. Let's take a moment for a little bit of gratitude for the miracle of how our bodies heal, and a witness to overcoming some tough challenges in life.