Stealing from Jenny...

My friend Jenny (http://www.lillimakes3.blogspot.com) uses her Thursday posts to list the things that she is thankful for. While I am going to try and limit my theft to this one post, I would like to take a moment to list a few things that I am grateful for.

First, there's the obvious things...my family, my friends, my sweet doggy, my general good health (taking away the fact that my ass is the size of Texas), my home and those things that make my life a little more comfortable--like a/c, my own car, etc.

Then there are those things that I take for granted every second of every day...having sight, being able to hear (especially music, Josie's laughter, and the sound of my hubby telling me he loves me), the ability to speak and have my voice heard, the ability to sing (even if it's mostly for my own pleasure), the freedom to worship how I choose, the right to hold the REMOTE (even if it is not as often as I'd like ;-p )...the list goes on and on...

Finally there are those things that I don't even realize to be thankful for. That did not come out as eloquent as I was going for, but anywho...what I am trying to say, is I am thankful for those times that the blue hair in front of me is driving 15 miles under the speed limit keeping me from having an accident; the days that my friends cancel their plans with me and I end up spending an unexpected day with my Mom; the fact that I got to spend the last day of my Daddy's life with him and know that the last thing we said to each other was "I love you"...

I spend so much time focusing on what I don't have in this life, that I forget to be thankful for things that I do. I forget to give thanks for the beauty that is my life. I forget to be grateful for the blessings that are right in front of me.

So this day, or as Jenny refers to it, this "Thankful Thursday", I give thanks for it all, what is here, what has been and what's to come.