100 Things I am thankful for

With Thanksgiving in the US being on Thursday, and I being in a bit of a funk, I thought I would share this list with you. Housekeeping: you may noticed I changed from blogger to wordpress. This will be my new permanent page.

1. Being able to write this list
2. JESUS
3. My mom and dad
4. My sister
5. All of my grandparent’s and other family
6. My third set of “grandparents” who live across the road
7. Freedom of religion
8. My church community
9. Getting my college education, without mass amounts of debt.
10. My health
11. Being able to walk
12. Being able to do anything I want to do
13. The sun
14. Access to medical care that increases my quality of life
15. Access to medical equipment that increases my quality of life
16. My quality of life
17. My slightly younger friend, who is a ball of sunshine
18. My slightly older friend, who is a ball of sunshine
19. My much older friend/ mentor, who is a ball of sunshine
20. Friends who I saw anywhere from every day to bi yearly
21. The memories I share with friends and family
22. The people who I can randomly call and annoy
23. The people who invite me out to dinner
24. Toilet paper
25. Music
26. The ability to mess around and play a little music
27. Laughing fits with my grandmother
28. Quiet moments besides people I love
29. Random cards in the mail
30. My old job, and the laughs I had
31. The butterfly feeling right before something epic is about to happen- embrace that feeling.
32. Roller coasters
33. Christmas cookies
34. Christmas Eve mass
35. Mass in general
36. How happy people are around the holidays
37. My dress collection
38. My nice warm bed
39. Heating pads
40. Heated blankets
41. Portable heating pads
42. Hot Chocolate
43. CoFfEe (only when I did not sleep the night before)
44. Having a woodburner
45. Anything that provides me with a bit more warmth
46. Botox and other medications that help me out from time to time
47. My crazy cat (who is arguably my best friend)
48. Rain tapping on my window sill
49. Books that make you laugh
50. Books that make you cry
51. Beautiful art
52. Beautiful letters, texts, and emails
53. Beautiful smiles
54. Beautiful people
55. The people who made me find other people who truly liked me
56. The people who made me realize I shouldn’t be around them
57. The people who helped me find myself worth
58. The opportunity to reconnect with my mom
59. Having enough to get by
60. Being middle class
61. Valuing hard work
62. Having access to a private education when I needed it
63. Snowy mornings
64. Long snowy winter night walks with my mom
65. Summer afternoons spent wandering around the wood
66. Intense hiking with my friends
67. My family’s farm
68. M&M’s
69. Living in a first world country
70. Having parents that are able and willing to have me live with them after graduation
71. Having grandparents who are willing to have me come over whenever I want
72. Sharing a meal with family
73. Long phone conversations about nothing in particular
74. My family friend’s who live on the lake
75. The people who deal with my insanity
76. Crutches!
77. Living in a house
78. People who are helping me with a support group to find other people with a disability (email beautyindisability@gmail.com for more information)
79. Meeting people all over the world with disabilities
80. Being able to pick out what I want for dinner
81. Freedom of expression
82. Sunsets
83. Sunrises
84. Mail service
85. Rainbows
86. Four leaf clovers
87. The night sky, and how incredible it looks
88. Cars
89. Wildflowers
90. Light summer storms
91. People who wave to me on my walks (even though it scares me sometimes)
92. The community who watched me grow up
93. Therapists, aides, teachers, principals, and secretaries, who all helped me get through school
94. The teachers who allowed me to talk to them
95. The adults who allowed me to befriend them
96. Long conversations with my aunt
97. Having people who make you feel lucky – respect people who have been through more than you
98. Having my own phone
99. Being able to go one vacations
100. Being able to wake up this morning!

So that’s my list, I forgot a lot! I’m pretty spoiled! I started a facebook page just for my blog called Just A Girl with Crutches, feel free to follow that page, it will just be for my blog posts.

Happy thanksgiving! Stay healthy. God bless!