Gratitude

Sometimes I feel like I do a lot of complaining and sometimes I think I forget what life is all about. I get so caught up in the day to day things and forget to look at the big picture. I don't want to look back one day and wonder what happened to all those years. I want to look back with fond memories of actually living my life and enjoying every moment of it. There are so many people who come into our lives and we are forever changed. Today I would like to express my gratitude for the people and things in my life (probably long over due). I thought I would try to think of 20 things that I am grateful for, in no particular order.

1. I am grateful for a beautiful home that keeps me safe and warm.
2. I am grateful for food, so that I don't have to go hungry.
3. I am grateful for a good car that I can depend on it to get me where I need to go.
4. I am grateful for FB, I love being able to find and catch up with old friends.
5. I am grateful for my bed. We all know how much I love my sleep.
6. I am grateful for a good hot shower. It's the only quiet time I get.
7. I am grateful for a baby who sleeps through the night, we all know mom NEEDS her sleep.
8. I am grateful for the trials in my life that help me to see just what I am made of and how strong I actually am.
9. I am grateful for parents who gave me rules to follow for my own good.
10. I am grateful for a husband who lets me believe that I have no flaws even though I know that I do.
11. I am grateful for little notes my children leave on my pillow, letting me know how much they love me.
12. I am grateful for the scriptures and the blessing it is to have the knowledge of the gospel.
13. I am grateful for my health. It's such a simple thing unless you don't have it.
14. I am grateful for "blond moments", they keep me human and grounded.
15. I am grateful for family because without them I am nothing.
16. I am grateful for my children. They have a way of touching my heart in a way no one else can.
17. I am grateful for friends. No woman is complete without her girlfriends by her side.
18. I am grateful for memories. They take you to a place that only you know and they help define who you are.
19. I am grateful for laughter. A day without laughter is like a day with out sunlight.
20. I am grateful for my life, for my accomplishments, for my trials, the changes that have come, the highs, the lows, the joys, the sorrows, the friends who have come and gone, the memories I have made, the tears I have cried, the tears I have laughed. I am so blessed.

I truly am grateful for each of you who has come into my life at some point or another. I love you all.