Grateful

Every now and then, I write a gratitude list. It reminds me of what is important to me in my life. I don't know that they are in any specific order, just written as the ideas come to me.

I'm grateful for my:

• Children, who provide unconditional love, joy, laughter, truth, humor, pride and a reason for me to work at being my best self
• Good health
• Children's good health
• Extended family who taught me values, to be generous and kind
• Friends who provide a sense of community that says I'm not completely alone in this single life
• Sweet kitty who is very loving, a great cuddle partner and sometimes needy
• Bright spirit of air and light, a realist who is ALSO optimistic who loves large and feels deeply 
• Job, providing the sustenance I need to live a comfortable life and giving me opportunity to grow and learn
• Creative spirit, the never ending sense of, and urge to, share something beautiful or compelling that can help shape or change the world, if even ever so slightly
• Home. It meets my needs, is safe and cozy and comfortable
• Car, comfortable and safe, letting me travel and enjoy the scenery
• Love of music and film
• Foodie self, with a deep love of culinary delights and the many flavors this world provides 
• Sense of humor
• Love of words
• Hunger for fairness and truth
• Ability to know when I am being wronged but still taking the high road to be kind, understanding and forgiving

That's all I got for now