Jenn, your mentioning the ages of your oldest and youngest children reminded me of something else I am thankful for. My adult children all get along
(most of the time). Although occasionally they get ticked off by something one of them did, for the most part they are all friends. The day after
Thanksgiving my oldest (50) and my youngest (36) are going to drive to Georgia to pick up 100K baseball cards my son bought (probably an eBay auction,
but I don't know for sure.) And they'll probably geo-cache along the way there and back. Three of my four share that hobby, so they spend a lot of
time together. So many of my friends don't get along with their siblings, or their children don't get along, and I am thankful that mine find pleasure
in being with each other, and look for occasions to do things with each other.
I know what you mean Nancy. My sister and I are very close. She is one of the only real friends I have in "real life" and I am indeed thankful for
that. I am glad that your children are so close, that is a very good thing!
Here's how I look at it. Being a good parent is all about guilt - see, a bad parent wouldn't feel guilty about not being a good enough parent.... see
the paradox? LOL You're an awesome mommy!
Thanks , Michy! I am grateful for you making me smile!
Today I am thankful for the health of my family. With the spread of H1N1 and cold and flu season upon us, I am very, very grateful my hubby and kids
have been fairly healthy. A little cold here and there but nothing serious.
I am also grateful for my community. I went to the school today, and they had 2 gift cards for Payless, for 20 dollars each for my kids to get boots.
They also told us to go to the church down the way and they had a big box of Thanksgiving stuff for us.
I normally don't need this stuff, but this year has been hard and we did need it.
Today, I am grateful that I feel halfway human again and don't have to spend have the day curled up in a ball in bed and the other half of the day in
the toilet!
I'm thankful I'm finally getting caught up on some of my work and things are beginning to move forward.
I'm extremely grateful my son has decided he wants some Christmas spending cash so I'm able to give him some grunt jobs for my work to help me get
caught up on important but tedious things *I* personally don't have to do. I'm also grateful that it has given me the idea of hiring a virtual
personal assistant - I don't know yet how I'm going to pull it off, and at one point I thought I couldn't afford one, but now it's looking more and
more like I can't NOT afford one, and I'm thinking of how much more work on money-making things I can do if I have someone helping with the important
minutia that takes up a good part of my day and prevents the things I need to do the most - like writing, editing, acquisitions and working directly
with authors. I'm excited about this. I started to do it once, but then never got back to it... it's time!
I'm uber super duper grateful for the fact that I have made some personal and business decisions recently that I'll put into effect in 2010, and I
totally feel at peace about the decisions I've made - though they will mean some massive changes - and the direction those changes will take
things.
I'm grateful for pergo floors and how easy the are to clean and that the house is finally starting to look like it's pre-Thanksgiving self.
I'm once again grateful for puppies. Puppies are the best.
And lastly, I'm grateful for the love I have in my life, unlike I've ever had it before.... it's amazing how something so simple -- love -- can make
such a big difference in the world, my world, the universe as a whole. Yeah. Love rocks.
And finally (I know, I already said lastly, :: sticking out my tongue : I'm
grateful for all the forum folks!
What's everyone else feeling gratitude for today?
PS: The sun is shining here today and the skies are beautiful blue and clear... I might just go outside and be grateful there for a little while!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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I feel grateful that I have the opportunity to go for a walk/jog every day. The leaves on the trees here are changing color (reds, yellows, oranges)
and the air is crisp. I'm very thankful for Winter. Winter rocks. You get to give the A/C a rest and smell stuff burning instead. I like that.
I'm thankful for loving to write. I cannot imagine how horrible it would be to have to smoke grass or drink all day in order to enter an alternate
mind state. I write. Suits me fine.
I'm grateful that I will be able to MOVE away from here next year. Few ever get the opportunities I have had in life, and they just keep coming lol.
It's amazing. Oprah should have me on a “Folks who are blessed” episode. Rarely does bad stuff happen to me. Very rarely.
Finally, I'm grateful today that I have chosen well in life, and am able to survive and even have a lot of fun on a very meager income. I have no
credit (none!), I have no outstanding warrants, I have no car payment. I own everything I have, instead of the other way around. I am, in essence,
recession proof. I am thankful for that EVERY day.
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I seemed to be looking down from an immense height upon a twilit grotto, knee-deep with filth, where a white-bearded daemon swineherd drove about
with his staff a flock of fungous, flabby beasts whose appearance filled me with unutterable loathing.
I should go to sleep because I thought Michy was grateful for prego floors!
I was looking for this thread a day or so ago but my snails pace computer would not let me find it.
I totally agree on the not being able to afford to NOT have the assistant. I am contemplating something similar with my main job.
Tonight I am grateful for being on the opposite time zone. I have a huge work deadline soon and my location allows me to write and edit while the rest
of my folks sleep. I can then pass the work back to them to proceed while I sleep. I'm not always thankful for this set up but I am truly thankful for
it now, other wise I would have to many sleepless nights.
Hey, hon... you can go to the top of the 'writing prompt' forum and I have this thread stickied there so it always stays on top!
Today, I'm sorta grateful for cold weather and sleet. I mean, I had hoped to take a walk this afternoon, since the steroids are really helping with my
pain level. But the snow idea has me captivated - right now, it's just rain, but it's really pretty right now! It's cool and crisp outside and pouring
(I love rain) and though I won't take my walk outside today, I'm grateful for the weather!
I'm grateful I got 6 straight hours of sleep last night for the first time in months and months!
I am grateful for creme brulee coffee creamer - yum!
I'm grateful for steroids and doctors who listen to me!
I'm grateful for puppies again today! My doggie Jake decided he wanted to be a cat, so he climbed up in Lynnie's LAP and then onto her chest and sat
down and said, "Pet me." We were laughing so hard. You see, Jakey weighs over 65 pounds! I'm grateful to start my day with laughter! (I like starting
it with sex too, but the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive!)
I'm grateful for brat boys and big girls who love me (my kiddos).
Now, I'm grateful for writing and I'm going to go do a little bit of that before I start my day of work!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today, I'm grateful that Melanie is going to feel tons better soon!
I'm also grateful for great big huge douglas fir christmas trees that make the whole house smell like pine and are so big on the bottom that you can't
even move around it in the living room. It's gorgeous and I can't wait until we decorate him tonight! (Yes, our tree, Doug Fir, is a male tree. Don't
judge me!)
I'm grateful for puppy dogs who like to climb up my lap onto my chest and sit there, even if they do weigh 65 pounds.
I'm grateful for the authors who stuck by me through the tough times, because they are the ones who are going to reap the rewards of the positive and
growing future. There's been a lot of rumors, gossip and ugly, ugly things being sent to me through email, and strangely enough, I've been emotionally
oblivious to it all. I'm so very grateful for that. The new projects are all going so much smoother - still lots of kinds to work out, but they are
working out - and the future is so bright and promising... so many good things coming down the road. I'm not even upset about doing it all so publicly
like I was - after all, if my purpose really IS to help others be successful and to teach others too, what better way to teach than to lead by
example--whether it's failure or success--because there's always lessons to be learned. Still, there is a very special place in my heart for a handful
of authors who truly supported me and encouraged me even in the face of all sorts of tough things going on... for those authors, I just can only say,
I do not forget... I will not forget. There are rewards for those who maintain grace in times of turmoil. I learned more from the graceful ones than I
did from the experiences themselves... I'm so very grateful for the lessons and the good people behind them.
I'm reminded of a song by Billy Joel, "...[she] never really cared for me, but did she ever say a prayer for me?"
So in keeping with the spirit of the meaning of that line, I am also grateful for the things that went wrong. There is nothing good or bad, everything
just is what it is, and I take from it the good and the bad and the lessons that I choose. I'm choosing now, and I'm choosing to be grateful for the
opening of eyes, the better understand, and for things being revealed to me at a time when I could still overcome.
I'm grateful for best friends who go to post offices for me to mail packages so I can stay at home in my royal blue microfibre floor length nightgown
and slippers, watching the rain outside while sipping hot tea and working on stuff that I am once again finding pleasure and joy in doing... I'm so
blessed! I love my love and I've once again found joy in my work! yay!
I'm grateful for prednisone. I know I've been warned by so many people about taking this stuff, but I'm not taking it for the wrong reasons here. I
don't care if it makes my face rounder and I might put on a few pounds - I can actually get out of bed without crying and I am sleeping better than I
have in years and I can MOVE. I'm grateful pain is at a minimal level now and sometimes even nonexistent! whoohoo!
I'm grateful for Christmas parades.... even if my legs froze and my toes were cubecicles, the parade was fun! It's been years since I've gone to a
Christmas parade and when my kids were little, I went EVERY year without fail until i got sick. Going to the parade this weekend - WOW - it was like
getting a big chunk of my life back! This weekend was such a wonderful and revitalizing one. I'm so grateful for it all!
Lastly, at least for today, I'm grateful for Bon Jovi!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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It's so awesome to see you enjoying life a bit more. We all feel bad when you do, for you, and with you. Enjoying what you do cannot be replaced by
any feeling in the world. Well, almost any feeling lol.
I seemed to be looking down from an immense height upon a twilit grotto, knee-deep with filth, where a white-bearded daemon swineherd drove about
with his staff a flock of fungous, flabby beasts whose appearance filled me with unutterable loathing.
Why you want to tell me how to live my life?
Who are you to tell me if it's black or white?
Mama, can you help me try to understand
Is innocence the difference between a boy and a man?
My daddy lived a lie, that's just the price that he paid
Sacrificed his life, just slaving away....
Take a look around you, nothing's what it seems
We're living in the broken home of hopes and dreams Let me be the first to shake a helping hand
Of anybody brave enough to take a stand
I've knocked on every door on every dead-end street
Looking for forgiveness and what's left to believe...
Oh, if there's one thing I hang on to, that gets me through the night
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to, I'm gonna live my life
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice
Standing on the ledge, I'll show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face, I say, "Have a nice day!"
Have a nice day!
When the world keeps trying to drag me down,
I'm gonna raise my hands, gonna stand my ground
I say, "Have a nice day!"
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today I'm grateful that Michy is feeling better and getting back her upbeat perspective that first attracted me to this forum. I'm grateful to see the
turnaround that's been taking place here in the last few weeks, with people remembering what's truly important in life. This thread is one I look
forward to reading every day.
I'm also grateful for friends and family that stand behind me and alongside me, regardless of what choices I make in life - believe me, I've made my
share of great ones and really bad ones! I am also incredibly thankful to see their enthusiasm about my writing successes. Not only does it remind me
how blessed I am, it also spurs me on to create even better works in the future.
I'm grateful for the beautiful snow outside my window, for the crispness in the air, and the way the forest full of trees surrounding my home look
when they're newly frosted with snow. I'm super thankful for awesome snow war my hubby and I had with two very special little girls the other night.
It reminded me to look at the world through innocent eyes and enjoy it more fully.
Ask me in a few months and I may no longer be grateful for the snow but today, right now, it's exactly what I needed.
It's so awesome to see you enjoying life a bit more. We all feel bad when you do, for you, and with you. Enjoying what you do cannot be replaced by
any feeling in the world. Well, almost any feeling lol.
(HUGS) (nodding) Yup... I've missed it. I've missed ME.
Life is good again! Yay!
**smoochies**
See, I haven't given smoochies in forever! See, I am getting back to being me! I need to go find a bald man and kiss his head.
Hey, did you know they have bald Tuesdays at this sub shop here where they give half price subs to men with shiny heads?
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today, I'm grateful for orange juice with pineapple chunks in it. Yummy! That was breakfast, and now I'm sipping English Toffee roasted coffee beans,
with English Toffee crunch creamer, and I gotta say, I'm pretty grateful for that right now too.
I'm grateful for the cool weather - it's crisp and still... a big contrast from the muggy and moving summer... I like it in this area of the world,
I've discovered, but I really do enjoy the cold weather - maybe I'm a secret mountain woman? I dunno. I'm grateful for squirrels. There's a little
squirrel who runs up and down the fence here, every morning and every afternoon. I call him Mr. Squirrel. I know it's strange, but I've come to look
forward to seeing him every day. I figure he's going to work in the morning and coming home in the evening, and every now and then, I see him come
home for a nooner. He makes me smile. He always stops by the window when I'm sitting in the breakfast area and pauses and stares at me.... and I
always say, "Hi, Mr. Squirrel." Silly little things, and I'm so grateful for it. We don't have many squirrels back home.
Had a bit of a crying spell last night... nothing bad, mostly hot buttered rum induced (you know, when the meds say not to drink alcohol with them,
they sorta mean that)... I realized as much as I love it here, I do miss 'home'. Interestingly enough, I have not 'home' anymore. I sold my house to
my daughter. It's a scary place for me to be right now, with no place that is distinctly mine. I realize there's Ryan's house (which is our home) and
there's Lynn's house which is my 'home away from home' and I'm grateful for them both, and then there's even the house in Wisconsin. But none of them
are 'mine', where I can decorate and put up the things I want or open the door and watch the rain or where I can spill something or break something
without feeling like I'm destroying someone else's stuff.
So I sort of learned some gratitude for home. I can remember living there with just the kids and wishing I had someone to share it with, but then it
was 'mine'.... reminds me to be grateful for what I have while I have it.
On another note, I'm grateful for hot buttered rums, even if I'll probably never drink another one...LOL Man, two of those and my head was just gone.
I really remember a time when I could drink just about anyone under the table - ah, youth - I've never been a big drinker, but I used to be able to
drink. Last night, the hot buttered rums were only one shot in each over a two hour period, and wow.... so I'm grateful for hot buttered rums, even if
I won't be drinking anymore...LOL
I'm so very grateful for music. I love music. I forget how much I love music sometimes until I start listening to it again... this morning, I've got
the computer playing a shuffle and am hearing songs I haven't heard in awhile, and I'm grateful for music, so very grateful for music!
I'm grateful for waterbeds.... they aren't the easiest things to get into and out of, but they sure are comfortable for sleeping.
I'm grateful for sunlight. I love the feel of the sun on my skin. In this cold weather, when the sun peaks through the clouds and shines bright, I
love the way it looks and feels. The other day when we had sleet and ice, the sun was shining across a sheen of frozen crystals on the picnic table -
wow, just gorgeous.
I'm grateful for Christmas trees that are so tall they hit the ceiling fan and are so big around I can't even reach the trunk from the outside! We got
it standing up last night and we're decorating it tonight... it's gorgeous. It's absolutely gorgeous. One of the kitty cats was sleeping INSIDE the
tree - it was so cute! I'm grateful or kitty cats!
And in particular today, I'm very grateful for my computer and internet... I'm getting more work done the last few weeks than I did the entire several
months before. My brain is clearing and I'm becoming 'me' again - part of it's the meds, part of it's the attitude and part of it's just the desire to
be me again... it's so wonderful to find joy and gratitude in what I do again... I'm touching all the reasons I started doing all this again - and it
feels good to get back to that purpose.
speaking of that... I guess I should get back to work!
Love you all!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today, I am again grateful that my family hasn't gotten sick. My hubby works outside in sub zero temps all day and our house is really cold, but still
we are remaining healthy! Very, very thankful for that.
I am thankful for friends who care enough to listen to me whine!
I haven't been feeling very grateful for much the last few days, but I am grateful for the fact that as bad as things are we have DO have a house and
all that goes along with it. It may not be the best in the world but at least we have something.
I am also grateful that I have given up doing web content for now and am only working on fiction. My novel is progressing on the rewrite and the last
few chapters are finally moving from my head to the keyboard.
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today I'm grateful for the happy little giggles coming from the next room where my girls are enjoying their snow day off from school. As much as I
sometimes crave the peace and quiet I once had before kids came along, I adore the sound of them playing and laughing. There's nothing like a real
belly laugh from a little one to brighten my day. It's funny how the same cute kids that can drive me nuts at times are the same ones who help keep me
grounded and sane!
Oh, yeah. And I'm also grateful for the snow balls I'm planning to pummel them with later when I lure them outside...
I'm grateful for orange juice with pineapple chunks in it. Yummy! That was breakfast, and now I'm sipping English Toffee roasted coffee beans, with
English Toffee crunch creamer
I'm grateful for people who talk about food like that because, even though I can't actually taste it, I can imagine. Oh my wonderful yum!
Me? I'm grateful for my sister Jen today and how she's stepping up to help get things moving for my Dad.
Melanie
"Go forth boldly in the direction of your dreams." Thoreau
Today I am grateful for the kiddo who brings calm to my life with his laid back reserved demeanor. Normally he does not take part in things like
spirit week for school. It's just not his thing. But this week they did a day called decade day and he decided to dress up. Probably because it meant
he could wear something other than uniform for a day. So he and I went shopping, something we never do together but it was nice to just spend moments
just he and I. And the never smiling child actually laughed enough to capture a picture of him smiling. Tonight I'll have more proud mamma moments
during the band concert. In a week that has just been unbearably difficult work wise, it is nice to have these times of peace. I am grateful for
them.
Today I'm grateful for having #1 daughter here for most of this week. She goes home tomorrow, but it's been fun to spend a few days in her company,
doing not a lot and enjoying it (It's also the reason I haven't been around much
this week).
I'm extremely grateful for my friend who restores my sanity when everything gets too much, who makes me see things clearly and makes me think about
things in ways I have never considered.
I'm grateful that I've reached the stage in my life where I can say "You know, I can't afford presents this year, so excuse me if I don't buy them." I
don't celebrate Christmas for a religious reason, so I refuse to feel guilty about not giving gifts and joining in the orgy of overspending promoted
by the shops and people who have totally lost perspective on what Christmas is supposed to be about.
Instead, I'm going back to my roots, celebrating a day in the depths of winter, when everything is bleak, cold and dead outside. I'm going to
celebrate warmth, light, food and company, the things which get us through the long, dark days of winter and promise bright days and renewal ahead.
I'm going to feed everyone until they can do nothing but sit together with a glass of something warming and talk or play games or just doze off. I
don't mind as long as they are happy. More than anything, I'm going to be grateful for the fact that I can make a fuss of one day and turn it into
something special, that I have the ability and means to do so.
I'm also grateful for time. Yep, we all moan that we don't have enough of it, but I have finally discovered the only reason I never had enough of it
was because I kept doing things I really didn't need to do! I spent most of my life chasing around after other people and worrying about what 'they'
would think if I didn't do this, that and the other thing. I have cut 'them' out of my life, ceased to worry if my curtains aren't the cleanest in the
street, my garden is a haven for weeds and wild things (Yep, this is where the wild things really are!) and dust lies undisturbed on surfaces and in
forgotten cupboards.
Who cares? Dust adds a layer of warmth to the house Weeds are pretty and attract
butterflies and insects which we need, and the curtains look better that way, makes the house look lived in. I don't want a show palace, I want a
home. I want to sit on my sofa and sew for hours without guilt. I want to spend time playing a game and not care about the hoovering. I want to run
out to see a friend on a whim and not worry about the washing pile.... and now, I do. For that I am grateful.
I'm also grateful for the reappearance of Michy smooches and Michy Tiggerishness, which has been sadly missing around these here parts.
I'm grateful for all of you and this forum (and the fact that I can waffle on like this)
Today I'm grateful for sleep. After spending the last week only getting a couple of hours of sleep each night, last night I slept for 8 hours. I feel
so refreshed today and I look forward to getting some work done.
I'm grateful that my daughter was finally able to go back to school yesterday. She had been out since before Thanksgiving because she was having
anxiety attacks. She is still having them but after weeks of trying to get an appointment, she finally saw a counselor on Tuesday. I am grateful for
her counselor. This was a lovely woman that was easy to talk to. She made my daughter feel so much better, and taught her ways to get through the
panic attacks.
I'm thankful that I can spend the next few days busting my butt writing so that I can get the kids a few Christmas gifts. I am also thankful that they
haven't ask for much this year. The older 2 understand that money is tight this year, so they really don't want much. And the younger one will be
happy with pretty much any cheap toy that she doesn't already have...LOL.
I am grateful for this forum and the wonderful people here that I have come to call my extended family. Even when I don't post, I read. You all give
me inspiration daily! I love reading about your accomplishments because it helps me realize that I can accomplish the things I want.
Stacy1172 – I hear ya on the sleep bit. I have had a cold here lately, and haven't felt "up to par" because my sleep ain't great. It's the kind of
sleep that allows weird and zany dreaming, and the kind where you wake up FULLY to roll over, every time, and remember them in the morning.
TODAY, however, is different! I woke up earlier and feel better. NICE! So, like you, I am grateful for sleep, and feeling refreshed.
Witchmojo - Instead, I'm going back to my roots, celebrating a day in the depths of winter, when everything is bleak, cold and dead outside.
YES! Super cool line. I love it! Of course, Winter is my favorite time of year, always has been.
jckat – Awesome that something purely positive happened to break up an otherwise monotonous work week! Sounds like you really had a blast!
Morecoffee – Oh, the snowball thing was just funny. Straight out funny. How did that go?
I seemed to be looking down from an immense height upon a twilit grotto, knee-deep with filth, where a white-bearded daemon swineherd drove about
with his staff a flock of fungous, flabby beasts whose appearance filled me with unutterable loathing.
Glad you enjoyed that, Derek! It was great. There's nothing like a good ol' snowball fight to put a smile on your face.
Today I'm grateful for this large latte I'm sipping on courtesy of my friends at the local coffee shop. The same one, I might add, that will be
selling copies of Elements of the Soul starting tomorrow! For that, and those awesomely supportive friends, I am truly thankful.
Today I'm grateful for a new message board I found about elderly care and caregiving.
This business with my father is really troubling me and it may help to have others to talk to and learn from.
Melanie
"Go forth boldly in the direction of your dreams." Thoreau
Today I'm grateful for tons of things. Bear with me because I sure need to do this!
Omg I've been so not myself for months now. Michy, when I read your stuff, I was totally nodding my head. I've been tied in knots on this emotional
rolller coaster ride...pretty much over the break up and moves. We've been talking this whole time and I've been mind screwing everything. The other
day, a few things happened in my life that just kind of gave me a new view. i'm eternally grateful for that because I really missed Kathy and didn't
like this new sniveling mess that she (I) had become. I'm grateful for the ability to recognize that and finally do somethign about it.
I'm grateful because for all my struggles, for the years of abuse by my family and for all the obstacles that I have put in my own way and life has
put before me, I am doing better than anyone ever thought I was going to be able to. I am a strong woman in my own right and I feel good about being
able to feel that way in the face of a family whose mission in life seems to be to take take take. I offer them nothing anymore but a smile that says
"I'm okay...and you don't have access to that, move along."
I'm grateful that I had the foresite to teach my son about the joy of giving and the simple happiness that can be found with gifts that have nothing
to do with monetary value.
I'm grateful that my turmoils in the past months led me to a group of wonderful boys who all badly needed a mother and willingly let me fill that role
for them. No name I am ever called is as sweet as "Mom" from any child.
I'm grateful that the bizarre chilhood I had led me to be slef sufficient enough to spend most of my life working for myself and not afraid to take
chances that allow me to pursue my dreams.
I'm grateful that I have such a generous and wonderful network of fellow writers who can understand the details of what I do, offer me a shoulder to
lean on when needed and call me out as needed with a touch of humor to soften the blow. Note: I firmly believe that no one will ever understand the
bizarre activities of a writer's mind and life any better than a fellow writer.
And yes, there is no music like the sound of a child laughing. No matter what kind of a mood I'm in, when I hear Hunter laughing so hard that he just
about can't breathe, I can't help but at least smile and feel myself uplifted. Speaking of Hunter, I'm glad that he is healthy enough to beat this flu
in record time and patient enough to tolerate his mother even when she is intolerable
Michy- I wanted to say to you that I have no idea what happened here that resulted in what it did..the emails, the gossip, the other things. What I do
know is that I'm so glad you're letting it roll off you and taking what you can from the experience. You're a constant light to us all and I'm glad to
be a small part of your world.
Last but not least, I'm grateful to my forum family for reading my emotional rants like this one. Sorry it was so long guys, but it just feels good to
feel good again and I had to share.
It goes without saying that I'm grateful to God who never turns His back on me even when I sometimes turn from Him in my own selfish emotional
whirlwind.
I haven't added anything to this thread in a while, but it doesn't mean I'm not grateful. So much of what I'm grateful for would be a repeat of what I
have already mentioned, which is basically good friends and family, whether they are in person or online.
Today I am grateful I am almost thru Christmas shopping--today ought to finish it up. Not that we spend a lot in my family, but I'm glad that I could
afford to shop. Some years in the past money has been tight, but Christmas is a happy time, gifts or no gifts. I'm grateful that this year my second
daughter, Robin, is having everyone to her house for three days of Christmas. No big Christmas Day dinner, just three days of chili, soup, sandwiches,
chicken wings, chip and dip, playing games, working jigsaw puzzles and visiting. Everyone welcome to drop in any or all days. Any friends without a
larger family close by come by and join ours.
I'm grateful for the kitty cat who lays on the back of my chair while I'm on the computer. She keeps my shoulders warm.
This will sound funny, but I'm grateful for the cloudy, 'dreary' weather outside, because it makes me think of snow, even though it is too warm to
snow. It seems more Christmasy.
I'm grateful that my grandson gets two weeks off from his Army training and will be home tomorrow.
I'm grateful my grandson who has Asperger's Syndrome has found a full time job in maintanence at a college, even if it is temporary until the regular
guy heals and comes back.
I grateful I'm part of a family who is busy and creative and who comes up with ideas and makes things and is always thinking of something new,
including me!
I'm grateful Michy is feeling better, not only for all the reasons already mentioned, but because I woke up with my mind absolutely full of ideas for
a children's anthology/imprint and I don't want to bug her if she is feeling bad! LOL
(chuckle) you guys constantly remind me of why I'm grateful, for this board and for you all. Kathy... (HUGS) Nancy, you made me laugh out loud. I'm
still not promising a children's anthology (I don't have a clue how to market kids' books!) but it's definitely on my sticky notes as a thing to
explore for 2010!
Today, I'm grateful for Mocha Latte coffee and creme brulee creamer. I'm grateful for best friends who would do anything just to make me happy and she
has no idea I'm talking about her while she sits squinting at the computer monitor. You really should see this pose she's in. Anyway, there's lots and
lots of gratitude for her!
Puppies. Again, I'm grateful for puppies. I think I am always, completely, totally grateful for puppies: the human kind, the furry kind, and the lost
variety.
Kitty cats aren't bad either... little white fluffy ones that shed more hair than they have on their bodies (not sure how they do it, but I know they
do) and little dusty sprinkled ones that walk around and try to knock glass whatnots off the the shelves.
I'm grateful for the click, click, click sound of my puppy. As frustrating as it is sometimes, I find when he's not in the house, I totally miss that
sound! Isn't it funny how sometimes the things we think annoy us the most are the big things we miss when they are gone. I still remember how angry I
used to get when he'd put his (insert something I won't say here) on the table, and then how much I missed finding it there when he was gone... we
miss the little things when someone leaves, not the big things. But we can always look back and think how much we are grateful for those things ever
having been a part of our experience.
I'm grateful for waterbeds... they are the dickens to get up out of, but man oh man are they comfortable to sleep in. Well, at least this one is, but
it's not a 'full motion' bed. It does, however, eliminate pressure points. Can't beat that.
I'm so very seriously grateful for steroids. I'm not so grateful today for thermographic scanning and imaging, but if the tests tell me something I
didn't already know, I'll find gratitude there. I'm grateful I remember this so I could write about it on my blog today.
I'm grateful for pain pills too, but I would be more grateful if they didn't make me so loopy.
I'm grateful for Christmas... it's going to be a good one, in spite of some minor issues.
And I'm grateful for my work...speaking of which, I have to get back to that now. My email won't answer itself.
Lastly, I'm grateful for everyone here who is grateful! (HUGS)
Gratitude rocks!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today I am grateful for anonymous gifts right before Christmas!
Today I am grateful that my hubbys job gave him a really nice bonus for Christmas even though he is getting layed off.
I am grateful for friends who care enough to listen to me whine again. And I am also grateful my hubby. Hes a keeper.
I am once again extremely grateful for the health of my family. I am also grateful the weather warmed up and we got a little snow!
I am grateful I have been able to work on the rewrite of my novel at a decent speed and am coming closer to the finish line. I am terrified to write a
query letter, so I am grateful I have a whole lot of wonderful writers to help me...hee hee!
Today I'm grateful Heather is pregnant and even more grateful I'm not.
I'm grateful for Nyquil. I wish I didn't have to get sick to remind me that I'm grateful for Nyquil, but there you have it. At this rate, soon, I'm
really going to be grateful for pillows again.
And puppies... always, always, always grateful for puppies. I'm such a dog person.
I'm grateful also for Bearly... have you guys met my second best friend Bearly?
Here he is:
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today I'm grateful that I'm feeling more like the old Kathy every day. I feel stronger and more clear headed than I have in a while. I'm grateful for
the friends that helped me get here and the son that loves me even when I'm not being myself.
I'm grateful for this board that reminds me how important it is to focus on the positive. I'm grateful that for all my faults, I've taught myself
enough morals to want to live a decent life and offer my son more than I was taught to.
I'm grateful that I have a safe home and the ability to tend to it. I'm grateful for once for my intelligence, which has always seemed to cause me
more problems than anything, but without which I would much worse off right now.
I'm grateful to be reminded how much my son loves me as I clean house and find little notes he's given me with little hearts, smiles and "I love you
mom" on them. Calligraphy is not as beautiful to me as his little 8 yr old written words are.
I think it's safe to say that I'm more grateful for Hunter today than anything else on Earth. He is what keeps me going, partially because no matter
what I ever do, he loves me...and that to me is something worth earning.
Guess I better get my gratitude on again because this morning I am waking up on a beautiful island in the Caribbean, my husband just set off to find
me some squid so I can have calamari today. God am I grateful for that gorgeous, funny, loving, cooking, hunk of a man. I'm grateful for my new angel
puppy girl named Kali. Her little ear nips and kisses represent that unconditional love that only a dog can provide. I'm grateful that I am a
freelance travel writer. What a hell of a cool job.
I am grateful for me! I am so grateful that I am a confident, beautiful, intelligent woman.. Where would I be without me? And I am grateful for my
loving, wonderful parents that created this incredible woman. They rock.
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." — Mark Twain.
PLEASE, I beg that more people ask this question! It is SO important! Thanks, muse!
Today I'm grateful that things just seem to work out for me. I am one of the luckiest guys I know. Things have always just fallen into place. There
are bumps in the road, sure, but mostly things just work out. Why? Because I recognize when things are going well, and try to feed those
fires.
I have a buddy who is convinced that bad luck just follows him around. He's been saying this for years. From the outside, however, it's painfully
clear that it's the CHOICES he makes which lead him into "bad luck" situations. Recently, he landed a really good job that he loves. Since then, his
"luck" has turned around almost completely. It's his outlook on things which has changed; nothing more.
Attitude is 100% everything. Always remember that. YOU have the power to make YOU whoever, and whatever, you want. Please realize that.
I seemed to be looking down from an immense height upon a twilit grotto, knee-deep with filth, where a white-bearded daemon swineherd drove about
with his staff a flock of fungous, flabby beasts whose appearance filled me with unutterable loathing.
I haven't added anything to this thread yet because I didn't see it until now. I really have to look at the other threads more often, lol. I just read
through all of these and a lot of them made tears come to my eyes. Especially Jo's where she said she is grateful for the little woman her eight year
old is turning out to be. That brought tears to my eyes, Jo. You have a great daughter there.
So let me start out by saying I am grateful for my niece who is becoming a great little woman herself. She is an aunt already at the age of 13, I was
an aunt at the age of 8. She acts like a little mother to her niece and it is so nice to see her care for Jordan like she does. Jordan is my great
niece, my nephew's daughter. I am also grateful for Jordan because she is such a precious little angel.
I am grateful my husband is alive because he almost died in October. He used to be a great big pain when he was on the pills real bad but I am so
grateful he pulled through that scare we had with the double pneumonia. I love him no matter what he did in the past and I am so glad he is alive
today.
I am grateful for this board because without it I wouldn't be writing for Demand Studios and making decent money. Without this board I wouldn't have
let anyone else read my short stories. I am grateful to Michy and everyone else on here for being my friends.
I am grateful for my mom who does a lot for me and my husband. If not for her we wouldn't get to our doctor's appointments when we need to go since we
don't have a car right now. I am grateful that she is always there for me when I need to talk too. I am grateful for my dad too. Even though he
doesn't do much for me or even acknowledge me much, I am still grateful to have a dad. I read about you losing your father, Gillian and I am so sorry.
I complain about my dad too much but at least he is still around.
I am grateful for my mother-n-law because she is there for me a lot too. I really love that woman and I am grateful she is still alive and pulled
through when she was in the hospital for a month and a half.
I am grateful for my dogs and cats even though they drive me crazy sometimes. I love them all even if I have too many of them.
I am grateful that I wake up every morning.
I am grateful it is warm here for now even though it can get really cold in here sometimes.
I am grateful for the ability to be able to see so I can read books and write. I am also grateful for the ability to write.
I am grateful I have a roof over my head and food in the fridge when so many people go without those things.
I am grateful I was able to make the money through Demand Studios so we could have a Christmas this year. I was able to buy my mom, dad, mother-n-law,
and husband gifts because of Demand Studios. Even though their editors make me mad sometimes, I am grateful I have a job with them.
That is it for now. I will try to keep up with this thread and add to it every day. Thanks for starting this thread, Michy!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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I am grateful for nice snow to snowshoe on, and that my pulled muscle is healed enough that I could go out for an hour today, and for the dog who had
a great time going along, and the fact that I can do all this so near to where I live. Yesterday I had a newspaper column due, and I just walked "Out
My Back Door" and wrote about it. Now being able have experiences like that right at hand is something I will always be grateful for. (If you want
to read about it, see Out the Back Door
Today, I am grateful the holidays are almost over... there are way too many of them back to back this time of year - Thanksgiving, Christmas, New
Year's, my birthday, my anniversary... all boom boom boom, and quite frankly, it's exhausting! I think we should space out holidays more, but I'm
still grateful it's almost over!
Mostly, I'll be even more grateful when businesses, like the printer and the post office, all go back to normal work schedules. Seems everyone is
taking days off, vacations, etc, and I'm having to deal with people I don't know.
I am grateful the holiday was good and my family was as good as can be expected. I had a good time cooking for everyone again, even if I didn't go as
all out as I did at Thanksgiving. I enjoyed the presents - one of the only years *I* have been able to give and do for my family now. I was able to
buy presents for my sister, mother and her husband, when in years past, I couldn't afford to give them anything. I love how that's changed. I love how
that makes me feel and I'm very grateful to the universe for allowing me to be in a position to do these things now.
I'm grateful a new year of possibilities is upon us, because I know this is the year, 2010, that I get a major publishing contract. I am hopeful it's
sooner in the year rather than later, but I know this is the year it happens. I'm very excited about that and very positive and forward looking where
all this is concerned.
I'm grateful for Ferrerro collection of confections... chocolate is good. Very grateful for chocolate.
I'm so grateful for writing... more grateful than I think I even sometimes realize.
I'm also grateful for Star Trek. My daughter got me the DVD for Christmas, and it was fantastic. Yes, I'm a Trekkie. Just try to make something of
it!
I'm just plain old grateful for life!
Love and stuff,
Michy ~~Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations~~
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." James R. Cook
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Today I am grateful for Michy's blog post prompt yesterday which got me started writing fiction again. I have written 2,839 words so far of a short
story I am writing for an upcoming contest on here and while I was writing it yesterday, I felt good!
I am grateful for my brother-n-law who took my husband to the doctors today since my mom had to work and couldn't do it. I am also grateful I didn't
have to go because it is the pain center and he is usually there for hours waiting to see the doctor.
I am also grateful the Holiday's are almost over and I can't wait until Spring comes again.
I am grateful the roads didn't get too bad this morning so my mom didn't have a hard time making it to work.
I am grateful my dad called me this morning to just talk and he told me he loved me.
That's it for now. I think I will go post in my new blog about my New Year's resolutions.
I am grateful to be home and for an almost back to normal sleep schedule. I'm grateful for the madness of the traffic of this country because in spite
of the chaos, you know no one is going to pull out a gun and shoot you for driving in their lane or something ridulous like that.
I'm grateful for my youngest kiddo who will be 14 tomorrow. Time sure flies these days.
And I am grateful for medicare extra assistance which came through for my mother just before the deadline to enroll in Part D coverage. She will now
not have the huge donut hole issue so I was comfortable in signing her up and she has perscription coverage for the first time in about 10 years.
Since her meds cost more than $800 a month it is a relief to not be worrying which assistance or mfg program will go under or when.
Today I am grateful for el nino winters. Normally by now we are up to our shoulders in snow, but this year there are only a few inches and they keep
freezing then melting. We had one week of sub zero temps and now its been in the low 30s most of the time.
I am grateful that my novel is almost finished. I was so excited last night I couldnt sleep.
I am grateful for my hubby who said he was excited for me and couldnt sleep either. lol
I am grateful school is starting again. I love my kids but the 5 and 7 year old only fight all the time, so it will be peaceful at home again.
I am grateful for a lot of things today! I woke up happy and wanting to get to work. I think its going to be a good day!
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Glad to hear you are enjoying life again, Michy.
