Thankful Thursday!

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

This has been a wonderful week!  I hope that you found something to be grateful for in each day.

Distance -  It sounds like a silly thing to be thankful for but it is a great thing.  I feel as though some of my relationships are getting better because I am so far away from those people and they are away from me. When we are able to take a step back from a situation and view it from a different perspective, we begin to understand things a bit better. When we begin to understand things a bit better we start to live more peacefully with each other.  

Spaghetto's (or something resembling them) - It's an easy and quick fix to a starving girl.  Some people may chuckle but I smile at the taste of tomatoey goodness.  (Editor's Note:  Google Chrome and the writer are not certain that "tomatoey" is a word.)

Jessica - is my brother's girlfriend.  She is also my number one defender when the distance between Corey and I is not as far as we need.  :)  She is always there for me and my family.  Jacob happens to adore her.  Jess is as patient as she is kind. She is also the only other person who sent me a care package since I have been in Liverpool.  She is really funny (especially when she spills a can of soda and doesn't notice for a while) and she supplied me with a model of my own mouth.  Can't really get more resourceful than that!!    Oh, and she puts up with my brother!  That in itself is no easy feat (I should know).  :)

My Change in Attitude -  For a long long long time I was a grumpy bear who sort of  had a rainy cloud outlook on life.  Actually, I was quite an Eeyore.  Then I decided to fake it for a bit and just pretend that I wasn't so grumpy and negative. However, deep down inside I had still a quite sad outlook on my own life.  Mainly to do with past relationships, money, friendship, school and my bleak future. However I was ever so optimistic for others. (It's true you can ask any one of my friends).  So one day, while on Facebook, I noticed that all of my friends were posting miserable statuses and I wonder "Well, how the heck am I ever going to feel good about my life with this mess in front of me?"  It occurred to me then that I was not helping the case any.  I had equally disenchanting statuses about how sad I was (REALLY?!) and someone might have logged on Facebook and saw my grumpy status and I just helped to spread the grumpiness (although I might have done it in  a funny manner). So from that moment (maybe 18 months ago?)  I worked on changing my behavior and attitude. Once I did that, things just started to get better.

My Valentine - (awwww)  (cheesy)  Umm... so this valentine of mine is quite patient and very kind.  He accepts that I am insane and I do things that make absolutely no sense whatsofreakingever and he knows that I am always right.  He doesn't get too mad when I headbutt him in the face and laughs a little bitty bit when I pinch him with my toes (I like to think that he laughs). He actually takes the time to try to be interested in the things I am interested in i.e. The Beatles and sits through cheesy movies like Twilight (For the record, I did go to see Star Wars 3D with him). When I am losing my patience with something he is there to take over (when he can) or he will think of something funny to make me laugh.  Ah, yes.  He makes me laugh like 24/7.  It came to a point where BB said that all we do is laugh. I think that is a fine relationship. Lord knows I don't want to be in a relationship where we fight all the time.   And when I am grumpy (it still happens from time to time), he already knows that it's usually because I'm hungry!  So... ah... yeah...  for the boy stumbling into my life I am quite grateful and quite lucky!


What are you thankful for?