This is my final gratefulness journal of 2007.
I am truly, honestly, deeply grateful…
- For my three beautiful, intelligent, sweet, funny, healthy daughters.
- For my handsome, hardworking, generous, kind, charming husband.
- For my best friend.
- For my mom.
- For my close friends.
- For Matt and Carrie.
- For Adam and Jackie.
- For my grandparents.
- For my aunts and uncles.
- For my cousins.
- For my nieces and nephew.
- For my SIL's and BIL's.
- For my MIL (most days) and FIL.
- For my darling kitten, Luna Tinkerbell.
- For hot tea, especially in delicious flavors.
- For hot coffee and how warm and delicious I feel when drinking it on a cold morning.
- For Splenda for my coffee.
- For comfy, soft slippers.
- For soft, fluffy sweaters.
- For toilet paper and paper towels.
- For my dishwasher, clothes washer and clothes dryer.
- For educational children's shows.
- For good music.
- For beautiful artwork.
- For general good health.
- For medicines to help keep and promote good health.
- For computer access, since most of my friends live in the computer.
- For a full fridge and pantry.
- For a warm home in the middle of a snow storm.
- For warm blankets.
- For electricity so that I don't have to be afraid of the dark.
- For telephones.
- For two working cars.
- For all of the improvements Grace has made over the past year.
- For figuring out Grace's lactose intolerance and autism.
- For Anneliese deciding to go through the process of potty training.
- For Juliana doing so much better on her tests and homework because she's enjoying it now.
- For our local library being only a mile and a half down the road.
- For Tylenol and Advil.
- For Paxil and Ativan.
- For decongestants and allergy medication.
- For logic and reason.
- For living in a country that allows freedom of religion.
- For a comfortable bed.
- For my online friends.
- For living in a good neighborhood in a good town.
- For being literate.
- For commercial cat food, so that I don't have to make Luna's meals myself.
- For successfully losing ten pounds so far, and keeping it off.
- For being able to witness my daughters growing up.
- For getting to see my daughters laugh and play together, and show each other love.
- For the times that Juliana is kind to Grace.
- For seeing the girls (mostly) get along.
- For how much the girls love their daddy.
- For how much Manny loves his daughters.
- For getting to share my life with my husband.
- For grocery stores, so that I don't have to work on a farm just to grow my own food.
- For shopping malls.
- For Wal-Mart.
- For living in a time where women have the right to vote.
- For bras and underwear.
- For health insurance.
- For a good school system and good teachers in our town, so that I don't have to home school.
- For my hairdryer.
- For hair elastics and barrettes because the girls like to have girlie hairdos.
- For good books.
- For my online calendar and automatic reminders for appointments.
- For rock salt to keep the walkway safe enough for the mailman so he won't fall and sue us.
- For the times when holidays are stress free, even though that's not very often.
- For coupons and discounts.
- For Grace's partial scholarship on her tuition.
- For a world full of colors and beautiful sights.
- For our soldiers, their families, and the sacrifices they make for us every single day. For the soldiers who get to come home safely to their families, even if they're a bit broken in body and spirit.
- For people who are willing to do the tough jobs that the majority of us couldn't imagine doing.
- For advocacy groups for worthy causes.
- For good little girls in my Brownie Troop.
- For snow days and vacation days from school.
- For my five senses.
- For toilets that work, and the plungers that keep them that way.
- For things that smell pretty, when my nose can actually smell them.
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