Grateful (November 21st)

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Linda posted an entry today and asked us to tell her what we were grateful for.  I posted this:

I’m grateful for my daughter, and so many of her attributes, especially the way she gives hugs & kisses (like this: hug, kiss, grab the hair on top of your head to pull you in for an Eskimo kiss, “noggin” (which is bumping the tops of your heads together), another hug, another kiss - and sometimes if you’re really lucky, she sort of forgets what she’s doing and she grabs your hair again and starts over), and also the way she puts words together. I’m grateful for my husband, who is my very favorite person, tied with Katie. I’m grateful for having enough money this year that we can buy some Christmas gifts without freaking about it. I’m grateful you mentioned Aimee Mann’s holiday album, because I will have to check it out, and also that you linked to the pumpkin cheesecake recipe, because I am SO going to make it! I’m grateful, still, on a near daily basis, that we didn’t die in our car crash in July. I’m grateful for my parents, and Geoff’s parents, and our siblings. I’m grateful for my camera and my computer and for all of the internets, and for all of my beloved friends, and for Cosi’s signature salad with grapes and apples and pistachio nuts, because it is delicious. 

And then I thought, you know, those are some gratefuls worth remembering. So I posted them here, too.

And hey, I'd love to hear what you're grateful for, too, if you're willing to share.  Tell me.

Comments

[Denise]

I posted this comment on her journal right after yours! I liked it so much that I'm going to repost it to my blog, too. Here it is:

I am grateful that, somehow, I find myself in a new relationship with a man who thinks I am beautiful and nice and sexy and hot and wants to be with me every minute of every day, and would if our lives would allow it. And he wants to take me on vacations and spend money on me and he makes me feel treasured and valuable, and it’s been a long time since I’ve felt that way.

Also, I am grateful for the best sister that anyone could ask for (she feeds me dinner once a week, just as an excuse for me to be able to come over and spend time with her and get a good meal in me at the same time) and great friends who make me laugh on a daily basis with their weird senses of humor. I’m also grateful for my house full of animals who all have their own interesting personalities.

And I’m happy to have the chance to share my gratitude in my blog and in here. And of course I’m happy to have great journals/blogs to read while I’m *cough* working. :)

[Grammarqueen]

I'd love to be able to be grateful for the things you are: A great husband, a lovely daughter, a family around you. In the absence of that, I'm grateful (really!) for my sanity in a year of loss and chaos that I had hoped would turn out to be a year of victories. And for my little white dog. And the cats. And the victory of the Democrats. And the fact that God is one of them/ us.

[april]

I'm grateful that Kevin's new job seems to be making him so happy. I hate that we're living 5 hours apart right now, but hopefully it wont take long for our house to sell and we'll be driving each other bonkers again! ;)

[Kelsey]

I'm grateful for the world of internet moms who made me feel less lonely as I adjusted to stay at home motherhood, and now just provide wonderful reading material. I'm grateful for the love in my family. I'm grateful for stumbling along a new journal to read. Your daughter is beautiful.

[dana]

I am grateful for YOU, pottymouth! And that I will be seeing you next week!

[Laura]

I'm grateful for my own tiny affectionate blonde daughter and loving husband and for the promotion I'm embarking on this week and for my tiny, brand new niece born almost two weeks ago, for my whole family, good friends, health, and special writer-photographer-lawyers who share their lives with us on the internets. ;-)

[Grace]

I'm grateful for my job, and for the opportunity to get back on solid footing this year. For the strong friendships that have kept me going since my divorce last year. For the pleasures of having my own apartment, a cozy place to curl up and rest. It's been a really good year.