A Book Thing

Gratitude Journal – 25 Sept 09

1. I want to give special thanks to my friends and family who new when to be there, when to back off, and when to ride the horses this week. I truly appreciate each and every one of you and the role you play in my life. I’ve had bad days, I’ve had good days, and I can honestly say that each of you have lead me into more good days than I might otherwise have had. Thank you!
2. My son and daughter, I love you both and give my thanks for you and to you every single day. You are my beacon, my lighthouse, my apex, my fulcrum, my axis, my central point. My world revolves around you and spins because of you. Some days, you two are the strongest tie that keeps me pushing, keeps me breathing, keeps me moving forward. For you both I would pull the stars from the sky and for you both I give you all the best of this world and the infinite possibility of your futures.
3. Mum, you deserve special gratitude, your loving support and your get it done attitude have helped push me out of more slumps then I could contemplate. Somehow, you know when to push and when not to. We compliment each other and I’ve noticed we are also very alike in some ways. Thank you for being my best friend.
4. Thank you Richelle Mead for a fantastic series in Vampire Academy. I love your gripping characters and the intriguing twists you give to Vampire hierarchy. Thank you for giving me a weekend in the head of Rose instead of my own. Of course, I thank you even more for making it in book form so that I’m not REALLY in her head at all because I know I certainly wouldn’t have her strength and courage but was thrilled to see her world through her eyes.
5. Thank you Libra for products that work. I have a monthly visitor, I’m not too fond of her to be honest, but you help me get through the few days of her unwelcome stay and I appreciate your loyal dependability.
6. *grins* And since I just thanked a sanitary brand name I’m actually going to give thanks to my monthly visitor too. Making you welcome can be challenging but you know, I am truly grateful for this cycle because it was to the day regular and is a sign of my continued fertility. Since I would like to have another baby I am thankful for the hormones that continue to regular my feminine functionability.
7. Thank you to everyone involved in the fast food, baked goods, and chocolate industries. I know I shouldn’t each junk but I can forgive myself for lapsing into comfort foods when I really need the buffer, the mask, the sense of control and power that choosing to eat rebelliously gives me.
8. OMG! HUGE big thank you to my new neighbour! I truly appreciate you taking a moment to let me know the boot of my car was still open. Your caring and consideration are deeply appreciated. Your courage to come forward, your integrity, and the service is truly honorable and I give gratitude to you and give thanks for having been blessed to have such a lovely woman living next door.
9. Thank you Michele Tune for your fantastic responses in your interview and for all the promotion you do for WritersRoundAbout. I also give thanks in similar strain to Mysti and Dawn who have all provided content that contributed to our burgeoning subscriber rate! New high of 104! WOO HOO!
10. Finally, I want to acknowledge a wonderful, caring, giving, courageous, and very special woman, Myself. Please, don’t think I’m conceited today. I honestly NEED to tell myself this in this moment because this week and even now my heart and mind have been shrouded in the darkness of my depression. In these gloomy moments it is important I appreciate the wonder and amazement of each breath I take. Rebecca, you do incredible things, you are truly remarkable and given the challenges you face, particularly the chemical imbalance induced emotional minefield you continue to amaze me. You are so much more than you can begin to see today and you have come so far from the person you have been in the past. Your continued growth and personal development and your courage to keep pushing forward, to keep learning, growing, and experiencing are traits of which you should be truly proud. Thank you, for being you and for being all you can be in this moment and all you will be in the next.