What makes you grateful?

[PRF]

So many things..#1 is family, especially when my 2 year old grandson runs through the door yelling pa pa, pa pa, then gives me a big hug...don't get much better than that !!

 

[Bird]

You look at the positive side of things for sure. I remember the stink of the chicken ****, the hot muggy morning after a summer rain with zero breeze in the chicken house.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to do that job anymore, but when you're 12 years old and need an excuse to play with the tractor, you're willing to do a lot of things I wouldn't want to do now.:laughing:

 

[BrinkME]

EVERYTHING God has blessed me and my family with (i.e. loving family, roof over our head, food on our table, the opportunity to help others, etc.)

 

[dusty3030]

The breaths of air I sucked in while writing this. The fingers that typed it. The intellect to think it. The wife I can go home tonight and tell about it. The little boy I will be holding in my arms while I am telling my wife about it. The food she will have prepared to eat. The clothes we are wearing while we sit down to eat it. The house the table is in we will sit at, and most of all for that God that made it all and loves us all enough to send his Son to die for us so that we can smile about it all with fond memory forever.

 

[PhysAssist]

FlaMom for starting this thread that has us all counting our blessings...

My wife "who loves me like Jesus" to quote a popular song, and has/is nursed/ing me through assorted injuries and illnesses... including the current one.

My orthopedic surgeons, one who saved my life and leg from cancer when I was 19 y/o and the other who saved me from the infection in my knee replacement, and will hopefully be putting in another one in a few more weeks....

Which leads to: still having a life and all the limbs necessary to make the best of it...

All the rest of the family, who are also always there for me and each other...

For my dog, who loves me even when I get frustrated with her lack of understanding English...

Our log house in the woods by the pond, where every day feels like a cabin at summer camp... (unfortunately some times I have to be a counselor or the maintenance guy )...

Having a steady job, in a career I chose, helping people, even when it's not the help they think they need...

Living in a country (if not a state) that is still free, with the liberty to say what I think, do what pleases me, own what I like (mostly), and protect my home and loved ones there....

ALL the other blessings I have from GOD, especially those that I take for granted all too often....

 

[downsizingnow48]

A loving family.

 

[flamom]

A loving family.

How you doing with your new move? What motivated you to move to CA?

 

[flamom]

A beautiful day in summer with my family!

Hearing from my son serving in Afghanistan.

 

[downsizingnow48]

How you doing with your new move? What motivated you to move to CA?

BTW thanks for good wishes. And I was REALLY grateful to park it at our place in California. Geez. We had a change of retirement plans, in California we are closer to family on all sides. Miss Virginia though! Best wishes in Florida.

 

[mjarrels]

Being the first one to plunge a knife into a new jar of peanut butter or a new jar of mayo.

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