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Thanks for starting this Jrazz. It is a great way to sow the seeds of hope and joy.

1. My kids and family

2. My SI family

3. My health and the doctors that help me along

4. Getting to travel

5. Humor and the laughs that it brings me

1. My healthy, beautiful children

2. My new wonderful relationship with Jesus Christ

3. The restoration of my marriage and my husband

4. This website

5. My friends

Love it you guys! Thank you for playing along. I want to START my day with this and then visit it later.

7/9/2014

1.) DD waking me up in the early morning with her beautiful smile

2.) Crazz's hug before he goes to work

3.) SI and all the members and staff

4.) Green Tea

5.) Naps

I am thankful for:

All of my family

Our health

Peaceful sunrises and sunsets

A warm campfire

Our four footed fur babies

A small tangent.

After Dday I would work at finding things of beauty around me and recognizing them. Everyday I would look for at least ONE thing and appreciate it.

In the pain of a recent Dday this was difficult at first. It got easier with time. Over they years since my ability to find beauty has fluctuated according to whatever I was dealing with at the time.

Sometimes life is just a bitch. but even on the darkest of days there are things of beauty out there. recognizing them allowed me to come out of my internal pain and find a external thing of joy.

Things like flowers growing in the parking lot at work.

Today.

1. a sun filled clear blue sky

2. the mountains in the distance

3. the smell of my morning cup of tea

4. a young cat we are fostering - he is a being of pure joy

5. the smell of the pine forest around my house and the feel of the cool air as I sit out on my deck.

1. My family

2. SI

3. My wayward's efforts

4. Being massaged to sleep

5. My job

1. my asst was actually on time today

2. good hair day

3. dh is taking dd to get tires on her car and they are basically adorable together

4. new a/c in my Vegas office should be up and running today so my people can get back to work

5. exercise class tonight!

I feel guilty that I'm struggling to choose 5 of the things I'm most grateful for. Even with the infidelity in my life, I am very blessed.

I have an amazing family

Ditto my circle of friends

I have a secure job

My children are all healthy

I like myself.

1. Jesus my Lord & Savior

2. my kids & grandchildren

3. my mom

4. my new group of real life & online friends that understand me. (Although I wish they didn't have to go though it to get there.)

5. God's Artwork - sunsets, flowers, birds, butterflies, etc......

1) My screen porch

2) Breathing

3) My kids

4) My garden

5) My friends

On a side note: My family doesn't practice any kind of religion really so instead of saying grace, we each go around the table at dinner and say something we are grateful for. It is a wonderful gift to give to your kids and a great conversation starter.

Mindfulness - IMO - is the single best method of recovery from any tragedy. Cultivate, grow and spread it!

take care...

I feel guilty that I'm struggling to choose 5 of the things I'm most grateful for.

(((neverdidthink)))

No guilt in here! This isn't about admonishing ourselves to be grateful, it's about trying to remember how to feel good about things. You can pick a color, or a smell, or anything. I LOVE the way oranges smell, btw. Boom - good thing.

This is just an exercise. We don't have to concern ourselves with priorities or even the number of things. It's just about practicing feeling joy.

Thanks for this Dear Razzie. Helps put things in perspective.

1. QS and his unwavering love and support.

2. My children. They try my patience, make me question my sanity, and fill my heart with joy. All at the same time. Every day.

3. My friends. It's a new concept. I can be the real me. And they love and accept it.

4. Coffee. It's my crack.

5. SI. I would be lost without it and the thousands of members that makes up this wonderful community.

Thanks for this. It really does help me remember that inspite of how I often feel, my life is still pretty darn good compared to lots of people in the world .

1) my kids and family

2) my health

3) my loyal dogs

4) my friends

5) living in a free country

Thanks, wish I had seen this yesterday:-)

1 my children

2 the strength of my husband

3 our acerage it is my familys retreat and surprisingly our safe zone

4 our health

5 the sun that makes the skin feel warm

This is great!

1) The scent of an early summertime morning.

2) My eye opener (coffee).

3) The sounds of nature when I walk out on my front deck.

4) My furbaby.

5) Being able to wake up every morning with no aches and pains.

1. My amazing, fabulous, messy, crabby, difficult and darling children.

2. The interwebs, without which I wouldn't have found SI, wouldn't stay in daily contact with my widespread family, and wouldn't have near enough cute cat videos in my life.

3. Caffeine.

4. Excellent medical insurance and the access to top-notch doctors, therapists, and counselors it affords me and my family.

5. The friendship and love of some of the finest individuals to walk this planet.

1. My precious little grandson

2. My gorgeous flowers

3. 3 adult sons who love their mom

4.fresh SC peaches

5. Husband trying to R

1. My family

2. My job so that I can care for my kids as a single mom

3. My cute little home

4. Terrific friends

5. Nail polish in basically any color I want

Our new grandchild!

Cool temps in the summer...

Our loving cat sofums

That I am having happy moments which last for days at a time now

That my fWH makes me coffee every morning

[This message edited by whattheh at 4:35 PM, July 9th (Wednesday)]

My kiddos,

My sister,

My doggies

sunrises and sunsets,

walks with nature,

my soon to be grand kiddo :-)

ETA....I love thunderstorms..I have been doing a fair amount of storm chasing lately :-))))

[This message edited by doggiediva at 4:41 PM, July 9th (Wednesday)]