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Kaleigh

Kaleigh

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Could be a small thing or a big thing. Or what ever you want to share....

I am being nostalgic. My DD is turning 22 tomorrow..

I heard a radio commercial for the AI Dupont hospital. Ash was with me , and I said remember that?? All your time there, she had JRA. Had to go all the time for PT, and leg braces...

When she said no, I don''t remember that... I smiled. She said well, I remember some stuff, but nothing big... I was like phew... I was ready for her to say, OMG that sucked!!! But as I have always said, she always looked to me with understanding even when I was taking a leg at a 45 degree angle and coaxing it to be straight. As a Mom, that was one of the hardest things, I had to do on a daily basis.

So what are you messages of Gratitude??
 
I just love my friends. They are the nicest, smartest, funniest, kindest, most trustworthy, least drama-oriented, least bitchy bunch of people ever. We just booked our summer holiday and I cannot wait! I could not have gotten through 2009 without them (and my family). I am so lucky to have them.
 
Thank you, Lisa. This, thinking about what we are grateful for, is something that is usually only done at Thanksgiving. It reminds me of my mother when one is asked to do something usually reserved for one special day on a normal day. (My mother always hated it that mothers were only honored on one day of the year or that people only thought of giving others'' gifts on Christmas.)

I am grateful that I had very loving and self-sacrificing parents. My parents gave me, and my brother, everything that they had: their love, their energy, their kindness, their wisdom. My parents were lucky-or perhaps I should say that I was lucky-that my parents were exceptionally well-endowed with intelligence, kindness, wisdom, and patience, too. They thought of their children first. They worked hard for us. They were endlessly patient with us although they did strive to instill consciences in us.

I know that I will finish writing this and feel that I did not say enough. I could write all week and not say enough. I am glad I had the opportunity to say something somewhere, however.


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I am so grateful to be going back to work tomorrow - on what should have been my first day of unemployment after being laid off. I am also grateful to be working at the same place, just in a new role!
 
I''m grateful for my amazing family and our ability to come together to help each other when we need it.
 
I am so grateful for my freedom, and to have been born in a free country.
I am blessed to have met my husband. He makes me feel lucky to be alive every day, and without him I wouldn''t have my two amazing kids.
 
I started thinking about all the things I was grateful for. My husband, my dogs, my family, my health...really, I have so much to be grateful for that I could spend all evening writing it down.

Mostly I am grateful that I experience joy every single day.
 
I am always grateful to my husband for all he does for us.

Happy B-day to your little girl, Lisa; 22 wow!
 
There are so many things that I have to be grateful for. I have wonderful family and friends. I have a loving husband and a son that is growing up so fast right before my eyes. I have a good job that pays the bills. I have a car that runs and a roof over my head. I know that I always have somewhere to go if I need guidance or just need to talk.
 
I often make gratitude lists when I''m having a moment or a bad day, week, month, or in 2009''s case, a whole year.

Today it looks something like this:

- flat everything bagels with veggie cream cheese
- sleeping in
- our warm cozy bed to snuggle in
- singing birds
- my mom
- positive attitudes
- new beginnings
 
I am so grateful for my husband. He leaves me awestruck at least seventeen times a day.

I am grateful for our furbabies. Watching the pup run around the yard trying to catch bugs in her mouth brought me my biggest smile today. Rubbing our three kitties'' bellies as they basked in the sun was enough to fill me with indescribable joy.

I am grateful to have the freedom to spend so much time doing as I please.

I am grateful for my mental and physical health.

I am grateful for books.
 
Me and my FI had the best weekend ever, he reminded me how lucky I am to have him.

First I opened my door on Friday night to see him standing there with my reset e-ring and a dozen red roses. Than on Saturday, he helped prep the ingredients to a dessert I made for a dinner party we were going to later that night. On Sunday morning he cooked me breakfast (first time he has ever done that!) and made an amazing omelet. We have never had so much fun staying at home and being mellow.
 
I am grateful for the SLE Lupus that I''ve been fighting for the past 7 1/2 years....it has made me realize what is truly important in life and take stock of my values and priorities. So much has been lost since then, DH''s parents, my mom and stepfather have all passed away and I''m on a disability retirement at 47 years of age, but so much has been gained also.

My DH and I are closer than ever and I view each day as a gift.

Lori
 
I am grateful for yesterday, which was our 2 years of legal cohabitation anniversary! 2 years ago a judge told me I could keep him.
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I am thankful for my family, friends, and my wonderful FI. I am also thankful for my health, my dogs, and my job.
 
I am grateful for my DH, my other family members and friends. I am also grateful for my Charlie Brown. He''s such a dear little dog.
 
I am thankful for my hubby, our 2 kitties, our wonderful friends, the warm sun shining today, finding a church to become members at, and red velvet cheese cake
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I''m grateful that I got to spend time with my amazing boyfriend this weekend AND I got to speak to both of my parents and my sister this weekend (but I think my brother was hiding from the phone). It''s so nice to be able to have the people that mean the most "nearby" even when we''re spread out on 3 continents.
 
I am so grateful to be alive - and healthy - have been given true love! Without love, this world is nothing.
 
I am so grateful for my family. They suport me, encourage me, sustain and succor me. They are honest but kind, allowing me to face myself as I really am and improve what I don''t like. I learn so much from each of them.
 
The word grateful is interesting to me.
Gratitude implies there is a recipient.

Gratefulness for many things depends on believing in some higher power, which we are not supposed to get into here.
The atheist has no being to be grateful to for things that just are, like life itself or the sun rising.

Of course I'm grateful to my parents for having and raising me.
I'm grateful to the drivers of approaching cars for not running into me.
Although I pay them, I'm think I'd say I'm still grateful to the farmers who grow my food and the workers who made my Honda and paved the roads.

But when it comes to stuff like the sun rising, or being born healthy I will use the term happy instead of grateful.
I guess an atheist can be grateful to the universe or the cosmos or fate, but I'll just replace the word with being happy about XYZ.

I'm happy lots of bad things have not happened to me like cancer, hurricanes, lightning strikes, and so far, death.
Also I'm grateful to myself for making good choices throughout my life which has resulted in a very nice life.
 
I'm grateful to whatever higher being is appropriate for FI's improving health.



I'm so lucky to have my amazing FI, to be marrying into such a wonderful family, and to have the support of my own family every step of the way.
 
I am grateful for my family--my husband, my 2 beautiful daughters, my parents, my sister. I am grateful that we are all healthy and hope that we continue to stay that way for a long, long, looonnngggg time!
 
Date: 5/23/2010 9:59:05 PM
Author: Haven
I am so grateful for my husband. He leaves me awestruck at least seventeen times a day.
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Is there some sort of formula you used to figure this out? lol
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I am extremely grateful for my husband as well - I feel like he keeps me sane in a world full of insanity.

I am grateful for my job, because it pays the bills!

I am grateful that I have my health, because I know a lot of people don''t even have that much.
 
Right now I''m grateful for my family... they are keeping me alive.

I''m grateful for my horses and my dogs. Their love is without condition... and it is relentless.
 
I just heard that I was hired for a job I wanted very much. I''ve been out of work since February, due to some seriously unfun work situations. Glad to have an opportunity, especially in these tough times.
 
Every night before bed I write down five things, events, people, anything that I was grateful for that day. It really helps focus me at the end of the day on the good, rather than the negative.
 
I am grateful to have a WONDERFUL family, which includes my immediate family as well as FI''s, and both of our extended families. We have been very blessed to have ''combined'' with amazing families who all care about each other and everyone else, and who all get along and genuinely like each other.

My brother''s MIL actually told my mother that she was like a sister to her, and it made my mom feel so good. My MIL is my best friend, and it is all just one big, happy, loving, supportive family!

I am also very blessed to have my FI, he''s been my best friend for 12 years, I love him so much it brings tears to my eyes when I think of all that we''ve been through together, and we are getting married on Saturday!

I''ll be REALLY grateful if this weather holds up for us!!
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I''m grateful that my husband has a lot of patience with me. I''m also grateful that although my parents are about to retire and they''d probably like the house to themselves, they''re happy to have my husband and me stay with them while we look for a new place to live.
 
to my darling husband of 26 years: thank you for the beautiful child you gave me and the life we share.
 
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