Gratitude Part 2

Today I am grateful for:

1. My house- This may sound so simple, but I really enjoy my house.  I love be at home with my family on any kind of day.  It is such a comfortable sanctuary with all of the things that I enjoy.  Most of all it has my family in it, including my dog.  It shows my style which I think is very simplistic. 

2. My dog- This is sort of a forced gratitude. My dog mystery is very sweet and loving.  She is a funny looking little dog and I really love that quality about her.  She loves to snuggle with you which I think is great. There really is nothing like snuggling with a dog that loves you unconditionally.  She makes us laugh a lot because of the funny and interesting things that she does.  On the other hand she is still not house broken which is very frustrating.  She peed on the couch yesterday which really got under my skin.  She destroys things, mostly toys.  Even though she does all of that annoying stuff I still really love my dog and I am grateful that I have her around.  She is a distraction to stress and she can be great to be around.  

3. My body- Even though I am an extremely self conscious person I am extremely grateful for my body.  It works and it does what I need it to do.  I am not sickly, bed ridden, paralyzed, or incompacitated in any way.  I am grateful that if I need to go do something I am completely able to get it for myself.  My arms can hold and hug my babies.  My legs can run after them. My eyes can see all of the wonderful things that they do.  My hears can hear their beautiful laughter. I am grateful that I have a body that is healthy and functioning great.  

Gratitude

So I wanted to start a gratitude journal, but I am not good with keeping notebooks.  I thought that the best way to do it would be on the computer since I am always on the computer.  Here goes...

Today I am grateful for

1. Stephanie in all of her essence.  Her energy is one thing that amazes me and keeps me captivated.  She is the most exuberant child that I have ever seen and everything about her makes me happy.  

2. Amelia in all of her essence and that chunker has a lot of essence.  Her eyes have this amazing sparkle in them.  In her simplicity she brings me immense joy.  I would be lost and dull without my children in my life. 

3. Jason for all that he is and all that he isn't.  He is the most amazing hard working husband and I am proud to say that he is mine.  I love how he loves me and how much he wants to make me happy.  Seeing the joy in his face when he gives me a gift or does something nice for me makes me melt a million times more than whatever he is doing.  Even though it gets on my nerves I am grateful for him losing things because it keeps him human and it is a little cute.  I could go on forever but for all that Jason is and is not I am grateful.

4. Being able to stay at home and raise my children.  I know how much of a huge luxury it is to be able to stay home and raise my children myself.  Having been through using daycare and working full time I am hugely grateful for the fact that I am the care giver and nobody else. 

5. I am grateful for having mono.  I know that this may sound totally insane but it is something that needed to happen.  It has forced me to slow down and go with the flow.  I would never have slowed down on my own because I am too much of a doer and task oriented person.   

6. I am grateful for my family.  In all of their essence and all of the things that frustrate me about them I am grateful for each and everyone one of my family members.  I am grateful for my place in this family and for all of my interactions with them.