It’s been a tough year. I still have back pain from last year’s car accident. My company recently told me my services will no longer be needed in March. And I was devastated by the recent election. So, I could be asking myself, “What do I have to be grateful for?” But I am grateful and here is my list in time for Thanksgiving.
Family
I’m thankful that I am married to the sweetest man in the world. Seriously, no one can claim that they have anyone sweeter. (Unless maybe, they have a cute newborn in their life!)
I’m thankful for my Mother (she prefers to be called Mother, not Mom,) who is still with us at 97.
I’m thankful that I can now think of Joni and Jon and my Dad (he preferred Dad or Daddy, not Father,) with love and laughter and fewer tears.
I am grateful for my son, who the day after the election asked what woman do we want to elect as President in 4 years.
And I’m grateful for my whole family, they are always there and I will always be there for them, too.
Work
I am grateful that for 25 years, I worked with people who made me think and made me laugh.
While I’m sad that some are leaving to new positions faster than we thought, I’m so happy that they found new jobs within the company—although I’ll miss my Twinsy for sure.
Politics
I am grateful for the Pantsuit Nation. They give me hope just as our nation is about to enter dark and dangerous times with the true Bully in the Pulpit.
I am grateful that we have people like Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker to light our way and keep us on the path.
Me
I’m grateful that I found my voice and finally shared this blog with my friends and family.
I’m grateful that my Physical Therapist introduced me to “magic tape” (aka Rock Tape) so that I could get off the crutch and start walking “normal” again.
I’m grateful that my Chiropractor was able to help me find some flexibility, free up my hips and provide some pain relief with my back. Still so much more to do, but in a better place than I was at the beginning of the year.
I hope this list inspires you to think of what you’re grateful for this week. And I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Love this blog! I share you’re pain about the election for sure. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you, Dawn! I’m so glad you stop by and read it.
Your list is a great reminder to be thankful even in times when we feel as if we have problems and pressures we cannot control. Happy Thanksgiving to you. I am just off to count my blessings to counterbalance the mental ranting I have been doing inside my head this morning. 🙁 Enough of that! We want SMILEY faces! 🙂
I’ve got smiley faces for you, Gilly! 🙂 🙂 🙂
So much to be thankful for. Truth be told, I am thankful for PSN every day. It’s been the best thing that came out of this election <3
It really has been!
So happy you are on the mend!
Thanks Lori!
What a beautiful list of gratitude!
I’m thankful I can work from home. I thankful I can pretty much work from anywhere and will be working from Key West in 37 days. I’m thankful for my kids, my grand kids, and the best husband in the universe. I’m thankful for my home and my health.
That’s a pretty good list, too. Come March, I will be location independent and can’t wait to say I’m working from the Keys!
It’s so wonderful to be location independent!! Happy Thanksgiving Jennifer!
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving & I am sure that things will soon be an upward trend for you again. ?
Thank you!
Being thankful even when times are tough are the sweetest Jennifer. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, Molly.
I’m sorry for your struggles and share your deep rooted fear for our president-elect. However, what a lovely list of things to be grateful for!
Thank you.
So much to be thankful for ❤️ I’m glad you found your voice, took me a while to find mine, still working on using it more ?
It DOES inspire me. I am going to make a list too. Hope your back keeps on getting better and better.
Thank you!
Happy Thanksgiving Jennifer.
Thank you and have a wonderful one yourself.
And I’m thankful for getting to know you and your words my bloggy friend! Pantsuit Nation!
Ditto, my dear. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I relate to the lean years, too. Sometimes we have to look harder than others, but the blessings are there. Now, this “magic tape” you speak of, would that hold up my eyelids, chinS and boobs?
I wish Magic tape could hold up my boobs! I’ll have to be content with it making walking pain free.
Yep, it’s that time to be officially grateful. But really, I’m grateful every damn morning when I wake up! Sooo grateful.
What is this magic tape? Is that weird stuff Keri Walsh you to have all over her shoulders? Is it like Magic Beans or something? Your readers demand answers about this magic tape!
Yes it is. But I can’t call it just KTape or Rock Tape. To go from crutches and barely being able to put weight on the knee to being able to throw away the crutch 2 days later….it’s Magic!