Thankful

Thanksgiving and all that I have to be grateful for....

An Amazing Husband - Michael is a wonderful man, who loves me faults and all and never forgets to tell me or show me how much he loves me. I have never before felt loved the way Michael makes me feel, it's great. And I love him too. I love the relationship we have, the way we both just want everything to be ok, we both hate to fight and really don't have anything to fight about. We see other people and their relationships and how they fight and we just look at each other and say "I'm so glad we found each other, I could never live like that". We didn't get to take a vacation this year because of the whole moving thing, but we are planning something good for the year to come. He loves my children and grandchildren as if they were his own. And they all love him too. I could write a long list of all the things I do love about him.

My Children - Raising 5 children alone until just 5 years ago was never easy, but always worth it! I am proud of the people that they are all becoming in their lives and I tell them this everyday. 

My Grandchildren - All 7 of them are in my heart each and everyday. Although I only get to see 3 of them ALL the time, I do love them all. Quynn, Blair and Ollie make me feel so special and make me smile and laugh so much. They're amazing little people! I remember how special my grandparents were to me and still are and I want to be that for them. 

My Family - My brothers and their wives and children whom I love very much and show them as much as possible. I look at all of us and think we beat the odds. Coming from alcoholic, abusive, very disfunctional home. You would think one of us would have gone that direction, but none of us did. We all choose to make our lives better, however it happened quicker for some than others LOL! 

My Job - I just celebrated 5 years with my company, which really wasn't hard because I do love my job and in today's economy having a job is GREAT and loving your job is even better. 

Our new home - At the beginning of this year I was very distraught because of the falling out between Michael's parents and us. But now I THANK THEM for booting us out. We finally got a home that is OURS and there is no better feeling knowing that every last dime we spend goes towards our future and not helping someone else secure their future. And this house is so much nicer too, I love when people walk into our home and say WOW this is so nice! Never got that in any home I have ever lived in. 

Life - I have had a lot of medical issues this year and am now getting them all under control, but nothing makes you more thankful for life then the thought of cancer or blood clots which you could lose your life. I sometimes take life for granted and since my latest hospital stay I have to say...I have a whole new outlook on this life of mine. I thank God for giving me this wake up call and I also thank him for not taking my life away! I have so much to live for!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you are thankful for all the Lord has given you!

God Bless