In no particular order:
- Hot showers
- Warm bed
- Minimal injuries on April 15, 2015
- Auto insurance
- Health insurance
- Medicare
- Friends – those still here and those who have completed their journey. Too many to mention by name
- Caring parents
- Who saw to my healthcare
- Who supported my education all the way through
- Who set an example of happy, competent, responsible living
- Who avoided humiliation and shame at all costs.
- My son who’s fun to travel with, a super helper, and a source of pride
- My daughter who’s fun to shop with, my super advisor, and a source of pride
- My granddaughter – my favorite editor and hugger.
- My grandson – wish I could see more of him
- The rest of my family, both close and distant
- Good health
- Pension
- Chiropractor/nutritionist who keeps me in good shape
- Christmas – the goal of every year
- Holland America Line
- Travel
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Excelsior, Minnesota
- Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church in Chaska, Minnesota
- Connecticut College
- Boston University
- A delightful career that wouldn’t have been possible without the two preceding items.
- Psychology and Psychologists
- Warm, comfortable clothes in current style
- My patient and creative hair dresser
- Computer
- Cell phone
- Soap
- Shampoo
- Neighbors
- My writers group
- My Kindle
- Time for writing
- Time for reading
- Memories of High School Boyfriends
- Memories of young love with my former husband
- The energy I once had
- The remaining remnants of energy
- Faith, based on experience, that bad times will ultimately yield to better times
- Patience to wait for decades
monagustafsonaffinito 
This is fun to read! I wonder if I will write one too. Not because I should, because I have a ton to be thankful for.
I hope you will, Leelah. I’d like to read it.
You are blessed.Pat Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: monagustafsonaffinitoSent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 4:09 PMTo: patgitt@gmail.comReply To: monagustafsonaffinitoSubject: [New post] MY CURRENT PERSONAL GRATITUDE LIST
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Mona Gustafson Affinito posted: “In no particular order:
Hot showers Warm bed Minimal injuries on April 15, 2015 Auto insurance Health insurance Medicare Friends â those still here and those who have completed their journey. Too many to mention by name Caring pa”
Thanks, Pat. I think “you are blessed,” was your comment. The rest is accidental computer stuff. And yes, I am blessed!
Oh my! I haven’t even started my list. Marilyn
On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 3:08 PM, monagustafsonaffinito wrote:
> Mona Gustafson Affinito posted: “In no particular order: Hot showers Warm > bed Minimal injuries on April 15, 2015 Auto insurance Health insurance > Medicare Friends – those still here and those who have completed their > journey. Too many to mention by name Caring pa” >
I’ll bet you’ve started it in your head … And Doug has added to his portfolio http://dougsphotoportfolio.com
Hi, Mona, WOW that is quite a list. What a challenge it would be if you had to reduce the list to only one item, What would it be?
Jack French
I’m grateful for a long, safe, healthy life. (oops! Is that cheating? More than one thing in a short sentence? Now, Jack, what’s your one thing?
Marilyn is right, I have started my gratitude list in my head. Working on it. Glorious idea!!!
Sometimes it seems the brain isn’t long enough to encompass the whole list. And see my response to Jack. Now the challenge is his — and yours. enjoy
Jack is right, too. How to edit one gratitude out of the bunch. Oh dearie me!!!
Your list reminded me to be grateful for the years I ran and did races. Sometimes I forget to be thankful for that instead of feeling bad I cannot do that anymore. Thank you.
Nice point! I like it. Thanks. I guess being grateful for things in the past becomes more important as we have the good fortune to add a few more years to our journey.
Number one on my gratitude list for today is that on Sept. 23rd I will see my Grandson Nathanael for the first time in 20 something years. Tears of joy. Kerri can’t stop this. we were in touch on Facebook last year and he said if I was ever coming to Michigan to look him up. So the other day I sent a message and said- Morning, I was just thinking that September might be a good time to come to Michigan for a day or two. What do you think? And he said YES!
Glory hallelujah! Good things do happen — even after such a long wait!