Gratitude/Happiness List: May 11
Linking
up with Laurel Regan’s Alphabet Salad to present my Gratitude and Happiness
List for this week.
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First and foremost, I am very grateful to my wonderful mother for everything
she was and to have had her with me until her one hundredth birthday. I am
grateful that I was able to be her caregiver and keep her with us in her last
years, until her broken hip made it impossible for us to care for her at home any
longer. I’m grateful that we found a place for her to live that was beautiful
and filled with caring, compassionate staff and that she was content there. And
ever grateful to my dear husband for everything he did for her and for me
during that difficult time, including leaving our home and buying another so
that we could care for her there.
Other things that make me grateful and
happy this week:
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Celebrating twenty-one years of marriage with my soulmate and best friend, Tim.
☺ Spending
a nice anniversary day in Newport, RI, with our dog, Honey, followed by an excellent
dinner at Spain restaurant.
☺ The
pink blossoms on our cherry tree outside my office window.
☺ Reconnecting
via Facebook with two old high school friends—from over forty years ago!
☺ The
beautiful fresh flowery smell of spring in the air.
☺ A
deliciously warm weekend and our
first al fresco dinner of the season at a neighborhood restaurant with Honey, who very nicely agreed to share our dinner with us.
☺ Being
able to get out and run this morning.
☺ Going
out for breakfast three times in the past week (I love breakfasts out!)
☺ Being
almost done with my latest big project and having another waiting for me with the
prospect of more work coming.
