My Gratitude List!

My Gratitude List:

This year I have a lot to be grateful for! I am just overwhelmed with how blessed I have been. For the first time in a very long time, things are really falling into place! Here are just a few thing I am grateful for.

• I am grateful for the sweet little non traditional family that me and Roger have created together. Finding a man who loves animals as much as I do is a rare and wonderful blessing! Our life is crazy, chaotic, and sometimes pretty messy with two labradors and three cats, but I wouldn't trade him or my animals for anything!




• I have been blessed with the opportunity to go back to school and get a degree doing something that I will absolutely love! There have been several bumps in that road, but things are falling into place, and in the end it will be well worth it!
  



• My grandmother! She is an absolutely amazing woman who has lived a long life! At 84, she is pretty fiesty! She is an overcomer in so many ways, and is definately my inspiration and my role model. She has experienced some pretty rough things in her life, but maintains a certain innocense that most people don't have. I love her, and am so grateful that she is still in my life! I try to call her several times a week. I just cannot imagine the grief she has felt with the loss of my mom! She is amazing and I just love her! I am so grateful that my aunt and uncle, David and Jamey love her enough to give her the amazing love and care that she needs. She recently broke both of her wrists, and they were just amazing and patient in giving her the extra care that she needed while they juggled jobs and kids as well! I have an amazing family!
  



• My sisters and brother! They are so amazing in different ways! Christen is always the voice of reason, and has a sense of wit and humor that makes your day! I get random text messages that say things like "Walmart color coordinated their candy! Wow!" They make me smile! She always roots for the underdog, and cares about everybody! Tracy is the world's greatest listener and is as down to earth as they come! She is an amazing woman who is a single parent with 3 kids (11,3, and 2 years old) who juggles parenting and NURSING SCHOOL! She also roots for the underdog, and we talk almost every day! If it was up to Tracy she would have ten kids and probably the same number of puppies! Jay is also awesome! He has forever been my best friend! He gets it when nobody else does. He is the least judgemental person that I know, and would save the world if it was possible! He has overcome so much, and I am proud to call him my brother!




• I have amazing nieces and nephews! Tiffany is one of the most Godly women that I know. She is amazingly grounded in her values, and is as sweet and caring as they come! Jeremy is witty and smart! He is one of those freakishly smart people who is actually normal! He is extremely well rounded and a great guy! Erin is a beautiful 11 year old! She is probably the sweetest natured kid I have ever met. There is just not a mean bone in the child's body! She loves everybody and everything! She makes friends easily, and never meets a stranger. She is smart and creative, and I count myself lucky to have her in my life! Eli and Wyatt are the most beautiful blue eyed little boys I have ever met! They are the sweetest pair of toddlers you have ever met! Their personalities are very different, but they are definately fun!
  



• I am grateful for the memories that I have of my parents! No parents are perfect, and mine certainly were not. But, I know that they loved me and I loved them! Me and Jay are constantly rattling off goofy stuff that Ole Gary used to say That man was crazy and nutty, but he loved us and did so much for us! I am so grateful! I am grateful that I had a sweet mama that taught me how to sew, cook, clean, garden, and also taught me how to be a virtuous woman and to stand on what I believed in and to do what is best for me!




• I am grateful for little things that come with living in the country. I love afternoon four wheeler rides with my dogs, walks in the woods with Roger, shooting clay targets and bows, and bon fires on a random week night!





• I am grateful for my health! I have had some health struggles the last five years, and it feels really good to be healthy, happy, and whole!




• I am grateful for Roger's amazing family, and the way that they have made me feel welcome and a part of their family! As far as future in-laws go, I am really lucky!
• I am also blessed with really awesome friends who are there for fun and when I need them!