I want to wish all my Canadian family and friends a wonderful Thanksgiving week.

In light of all that has happened lately it is with a grateful heart that I have so much to be thankful for. I want to just list a few of the things that my heart and soul are thankful for.

My Creator has given me more blessings then any one person deserves and my heart is so full of love and thankfulness.

I am so blessed with my beautiful daughters and handsome sons-in-law and my gorgeous granddaughters. I am so thankful for my family here that I take care of and my wonderful little fur babies. I am so grateful for the wonderful family and friends I have offline and online and for the ability to tell them that I love them. 

I thank the powers that be for a warm home and more than enough to eat and drink and clothing to wear. 

I am glad I am alive to feel love and feel pain. So thankful to be able to have my hearing so I can  hear the sounds of nature and music. I am so happy to have my sight so I can see the beauty of nature around me and my grandchildren's smiles. I am so thankful to be able to touch and feel with my hands because it is wonderful to be able to feel the hugs my grandchildren give me and to feel the softness of my darling little furbabies when they come to me for cuddles.

I am thankful for having adoptive parents that taught me about sharing with others who have less than I do. Parents who wanted me when no one else did. Parents who taught me about discipline and respect. I would give up everything I have for just a few more minutes to tell them I love them one more time.

I am thankful for the lessons I have learned in life. Some of them were pretty tough lessons but I am still thankful for them just the same. Being physically abused has taught me not to abuse. Living with an alcoholic husband has taught me not to be an alcoholic. Living with emotional and mental abuse has taught me not to abuse others emotionally and mentally. Living with someone who cheated on me and lied to me has taught me not to cheat and lie to others. Living with a prescription drug addict has taught me not to become involved with drugs of any kind. 

I was nearly killed a few years back and as things flashed past me I was so grateful for a second chance to appreciate and respect life and what it had to offer. I learned fast what was most important in my life and what I had to be grateful for. I learned to count my blessings.

But do you know what else I learned ?? I learned that I cannot count that high.

So this Thanksgiving please take time to sit and think about all you have to be thankful for and be sure to see if you can count that high. I bet you can't.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone !!

God Bless 
hugs
Misker