My 100 Gratitudes Today

I am grateful:

1. that my dr comes today
2. that I lived through the night
3. that I felt better after chatting with Meredith last night, and laughing and chatting together
4. that I’m praying for whatever she needs – for her to have the strength for whatever is best for her
5. that my thumb feels a little better today
6. that I don’t have to take sleeping pills
7. l. said list diseases don’t have. Have done some. Here are more. I’m grateful I don’t have aids
8. or herpes
9. or diabetes
10. or high blood pressure
11. or need for hip replacement
12. or knee replacement
13. or schizophrenia
14. or split personality
15. or add
16. or dyslexia
17. or mental retardation
18. or
19. asbergers
20. or autism
21. or learning disability
22. or cutting
23. or bulimia
24. or flesh eating disease
25. or staph
26. or legionairres
27. or leprosy
28. or epilepsy
29. or brain damage
30. or inability to take fod ang grow etc like ma’s brother in fr
31. or that suprt aging disease
32. or alopecia
33. or
34. leukemia
35. or colitis
36. o non-hodgkins lymphoma
37. or alzheimers
38. anemia
39. amnesia
40. inability to swallo
41. ulcers
42. ra
43. arthritis
44. crippled
45. I’ve also known people who had prolapsed rectum
46. And prolapsed vagina
47. Down’s syndrome
48. Dementia
49. I’m grateful that I’m able to drive
50. And shop
51. And count money
52. And be treasurer for that oa group
53. And mail letters
54. And write checks. I remember when I couldn’t do some of these things
55. And shower
56. And dry myself
57. And wipe myself
58. And do my own eye drops
59. And comb my own hair
60. That p met with me and did write that e-mail
61. And I though of an idea to help her out of her mistake
62. That corn writes to me
63. And ej does
64. And rh does
65. And jo does
66. And sometimes sa does
67. And ma sends things
68. That I loved the book an uncommon reader
69. And the other 3 loved it and the other one like it too – im glad it was a lighthearted little read (I need more like that)
70. That we had a nice book group yesterday
71. That I have some spirituality
72. That my stomach is not quite as nervous as when I first woke up
73. Hope
74. Please God, help us. I’m grateful that I am able to say that. And that God can hear me.
75. The quality of elegance
76. That my coffee was already made this morning
77. That I am doing more for myself, and won’t be such a drain
78. My muscles and that they still work
79. That I have more time (probably)
80. Fabrics
81. J being so great about planning our wedding
82. And picking my piano
83. And our engagement
84. Brass
85. Copper
86. Gold
87. Silver
88. Platinum
89. Coal
90. Diamonds
91. Our furnace still working
92. The embroidery I’ve done
93. The first crewel work piece I made, and, the one I designed myself in college
94. All the hours I used to walk around cc when it was so lovely
95. When I used to be able to sit under the weeping willow tree at t and embroider
96. When I sat by the front entrance those times with m (dog) and read prevention
97. When I helped sand floor
98. And paint trim in ji’s apartment
99. And work on the boat
100. And baked homemade bread
101. Andpizza
102. And spanikopita
103. And lasagnas