A Little Gratitude

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Do you know what I have?
A happy life!

I don't know if the gratitude that fills my heart comes from the happy or if the happy comes from the gratitude, but today I have to express it! The joy is spilling out! I am so aware of the beauty of the life around me.

I'm grateful for:

Megan and Me

• Social media and how it brings people together
• Heating pads and painkillers
• Family and friends who help you through the hard times.
• Gentle rain.
• Crickets.
• Youtube and seventies music.
• Reconnecting with my sister Brenda
• Having an excellent relationship with my other sister Linda
• My sister's goodness.
• Comfy couches.
• Root beer barrels.
• Laughing baby videos on youtube.
• Friendly neighbors.
• Reruns.
• Jerry's dinners,when he cooks or BBQs.
• The kids doing laundry.
• When people snort when they laugh genuinely. 
• Jon Stewart.
• When the kids can "pet sit".
• Melissa.
• When people support small business.
• A warm hug, a strong shoulder.
• Sharp kitchen knives.
• Instant messaging.
• The Wassup? app on my phone.
• When people smile with their eyes.
• Herman Kempf.
• Open discussion about sexuality.
• When friends share the results of their own interests and research. (Rayv)
• Yard sales that sell donuts.
• The smell of lilac.
• Hot baths.
• Tervis cups.
• Sharf's produce farm. 
• Freedom.
• Video of George Carlin's gigs.
• Marathons of "Orange is the New Black"
• Having someone tell you fond memories that they have of you
• Sharing books with friends.
• Laughing until I cough with phlegm.
• When people have warm hands.
• Sepia-toned family pics from past generations.
• Serendipity.
• Kindred spirits.
• When the bashing political ads and propaganda is over.
• Having enough
• Healthier meals.
• When someone saves the last piece of cake for me.
• Beautiful tile in the bathroom.
• Naps.
• Knowing that I have so much to be grateful for that this list could go on and on.
• LOL moments.
• Friends who agree with me that certain posts on social media are absolutely, frightfully ridiculous.
• Free thought.
• Family Game Nights.
• When I can hear my son's imagination as he plays.
• When I can hear my daughter's song.
• When the checker at the grocery store knows me.
• Loving sex.
• A freshly-swept floor.
• That my kids still play in the rain.
• When people appreciate what I do for them.
• My husband.
• My children.

Can you add to this list?
Let's ignore the ignorant postings on Facebook today and, instead, talk about that for which we are grateful.

Are you in?

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