Things I Am Thankful For

Hello again everyone! I am really dealing with some difficult stuff lately and I've been super busy ... so I haven't been updating you like I should.
So many terrible things have happened recently, both in my personal life and at work. Putting it all behind me, wearing a smile even when I'd like to scream, has been difficult. But I've risen up to the challenge and I know that when the dust settles, I will still have my integrity intact.But throughout all this, I learned a very valuable lesson -- several actually. But I thought I would take a few minutes to list things I am thankful for. This time of year brings about memories (some bad, mostly good) of all the things that have come before. Instead of wishing for what we don't have, we need to celebrate the small moments, the precious gifts we are given every day.
I am thankful for ...
My friends who always know how to make me laugh.My friend Gina always knows how to change the subject at just the right moment ...My friend Crystal always knows the right thing to say in every situation.My friend Sarah always has the brightest smile.My friend Liz moved away to Texas and took the biggest heart I've ever known with her. :) Miss you buddy ...
I am thankful for life; air; freedom; and justice-when the system works the way it's supposed to.
I am thankful for my co-workers for always making my life a little more colorful and give me something to look forward to each day at work.
I am thankful for my health. A few of you know that I was seriously ill in March and could have died. I am thankful for medicine and good dental care. :)
I am thankful for my dog Brinkley. Whenever I am upset, he will put his head in my lap to comfort me and will look at me with his big doggy eyes as if to say, "don't worry, Mommy. I'm right here so everything's gonna be all right."
I am thankful for my roommate and friend, Hazel. She has listened to me and been there for me during some of the most difficult times in my life...
I am thankful to have have a job; thankful to have a house with warm, comfortable blankets to crawl under when the weather gets cold.
I am thankful for Starbucks, coffee, hot tea and hot chocolate. I am especially thankful for those mini little marshmallows you put on top.
I am thankful for love. Even though it has not blessed my life, I am thankful to see that love still exists and it still makes people strive to be their best and still captures the hearts of the young. Love still makes the world go round ... even if we sometimes give love to the wrong people. Love still is Love ...
I am thankful to be blessed with people like you in my life. Each of you has touched my life in some way-either we grew up together or we met somehow along this journey. I am so thankful to have been blessed to know you.
I wish you all the best Thanksgiving ever this year ... I hope that you remember what you have to be thankful for.