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Borrowed from

frozenrhino, with Gratitude:

People And Stuff For Which I'm Particularly Thankful This Year:

My health. My body is my home, my temple, my playground, my workshop, and (sometimes) my battlefield. For all the abuse and neglect and disdain I sometimes heap upon it, it keeps on goin' & doing the best it can with what I give it. My body is the only thing I am guaranteed to have my entire life. Sometimes I remember that and try harder to be good to myself & grateful for a good, strong, healthy body & a good, strong, healthy brain.

Financial stability. I don't have alot, but I have enough, and that's a good feeling!

My home and the wonderful people & pets who live here.

My awesome new bed & headboard.

Everyone who's blessed my home with love & laughter.

The parts of the justice system that do work.

The American People for electing an embodiment of Hope instead of a purveyor of Fear. It may be the same old game in Washington, but the folks on the ground are waking up & wising up & I feel good about that.

HarveyBug for being a good little car.

Planet Fitness for helping me get off my ass.

My job, for being recession and depression proof. It may not be the most exciting or fulfilling job in the world, but there are days I go home happy to have done a good job, helped someone, done some good in the world. I'm especially grateful for those days.

Apologies and forgiveness given & received. I'm still not great with this, but I appreciate the opportunities I've had to practice more.

New friends & all the shiny get-to-know-you good stuff (ie: telling the same old stories to people who've never heard them before!)

Old friends & all the good times & memories we've made together (ie: being able to finish each others' same old stories).

Friends who have parted ways. I'm grateful for what I learned from you & I hope that the rest of your lives are blessed with every good thing. Keep on growing, even if we continue to grow apart.

My sister & her husband finding a new home and preparing for their first baby!

My family. Good, bad, or indifferent, family is always there in a crunch.

Everyone I know who is living their own life on their own terms, away from the 9-5 grind and regular paycheck. Sometimes I admire y'all, sometimes I envy you, sometimes I think you're just plain nuts. But you inspire me to be braver and free-er, so thank you for that.

"People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime."

Whether you were in my life for a reason and that reason is gone, whether you were with me for a season and moved on, whether you are here for a lifetime & beyond, I am grateful. Life lessons aren't always pleasant, and sometimes I learn more 'how NOT to do it,' or 'what to never do again,' but that's good & needed, too.

& I'm most thankful to & for

thax, for being a loving partner, generous friend, patient sounding-board, faithful workout buddy, fun road-trip companion, fearless fellow adventurer, tireless cheer squad, gentle reality check-er, huggy snuggle-bug, rocker-of-my-socks, my knight in shining armor, the love of my life.

& now, I'm off to enjoy a 4 day weekend, for which I am also Very Grateful!