Tag: gratitude

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I am thankful for…

I am thankful for family and friends. I will not share any pictures of them because I think they might want privacy. I am also thankful for the city that I live in. My fellow Waukesha residents seemed to be very caring people.

I am thankful for a decent job and nice co-workers. Sometimes, they giggle or dance to music. They are patient with my questions and requests for help.

I am thankful for God’s love and my church. I have no idea why God came to Earth, lived a hard life and died for me. But, I will always be thankful that he did it.

I am thankful for a warm apartment with a bathtub. I missed being able to take bubble baths for over a decade. I love to take a bath on Saturday mornings while watching/listening to a video on YouTube. I love my window of plants.

As a few of you know, I am working on losing weight. The struggle to count and reduce how many calories that I am eating is reminding me of how yummy food is. I have been craving a brownie with ice cream. I am not hungry but my mouth is watering at the sight of this picture.

I am also thankful for the beauty of this world, the ability to read, lots of books and the Internet that allows me to visit so many places and people in my mind.

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Enjoy the small things

The highlight of this week is my Amarylis plant that is now blooming.

Amarylis blooming

I bought it at Walmart before Christmas. It looked like a bulb with a dead sprout that was hardly covered by dirt. I thought it was going to do nothing when I saw no change for weeks. Then a single reddish stem grew.

I watered it periodically. This month, I saw that it was getting ready to bloom. I began checking it everyday when Igot home from work.

While driving home from work today, I started wondering if today was going to be the day. It was! One of the flowers is now blooming while the other one on the opposite side of the stem is not open yet.

The day after I posted this, the second bloom opened up.

What was your day brightener today? Did your pet or a family member meet you at the door? Maybe your spouse cooked a delicious meal. If you seek, you just might find that enjoyable moment in your day.

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Snowy troubles

Thank you to the very kind gentlemen who helped me today. One had to rock my car back and forth in order to get it off the stop sign that I scraped and bent while another was pushing. I ended up making it to work a half hour late. Then, my employer decided to shut down due to snow a few hours later. So, I began the drive home. I drove off the side of the road into a big pile of snow. Again, a kind gentleman stopped and pulled me free with his truck and a strap.

I pray that all who need road side assistance can get it today. If not, then please be safe.