Thankful Thursday!

Without darkness, there can be no light.

Hello wonderful friends. I cannot lie and pretend that this will be a happy post. I will try to find something pleasant to write about but no promises.  On New Year's Eve a very best friend of mine lost her mother after a brief sickness. To be blunt - this sucks. However, I think it is important to express gratitude especially at a time like this so here we go...

Straightforwardness, Compassion, and Empathy - The doctors and nurses at CMC were outstanding for Krissy and her family. For a good five days they gave it their all and also kept Krissy's family updated even if the news wasn't good.  The direct questions that Krissy asked were answered honestly instead of giving her false hope. I sat in the waiting room with Krissy the last day that her mom was alive and the nurses that came out had a great amount of compassion and empathy in their eyes.  The nurses, that I saw, were close to our age, their moms probably were older but I think when you are anywhere near someone who loses someone, in this case a mom, you cannot help but feel for them.  I am sure that the staff in the I.C.U. are not strangers to death but after days of trying to save this lady, I saw sadness in their eyes when they came to tell Krissy's family that this was it, the battle had been lost.  Although I love him, I am glad the doctors and nurses weren't all Dr. House about it. Tough news is tough either way but delivered in a kind manner makes the burden a bit easier to bare.

Bad Days - This has been a crazy month and the last few days have left me exhausted. Unfortunately, when I am tired like this it isn't a normal grumpy, sleepy tired. It's a craptastic day filled with weak muscles and how-the-fork-am-I-going-to-get-from-one-seat-to-another-seat tired. Those days are quite...  craptastic. But I am sort of grateful for them as they remind me that I can look forward to a better day.  I know it won't be the next day or even the day after that; I also know that in four or five days I'll be feeling okay again.

Sleep - I skipped out on TT last night because, as I said earlier, I am exhausted.  I went to bed far before Dann and I have no idea of when he actually came into bed so that means I was out cold. It is a rare occasion that I am asleep before 12 and I think that might have been the case last night. My last text was from Krissy and my phone just tells me it was from yesterday.  Didn't even know that I got it so I was definitely fast asleep.  I so desperately needed and I am grateful for the whole nine hours I was in Dream Land. 

Dinner Dates With Friends - You know it's just fun to laugh, a wholehearted, spit your food out of your mouth, watch your friend choke on coffee laugh.  This usually happens when my friends go out to eat and I love it.  It probably the thing I miss the most when I am in Liverpool.    
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What are you thankful for?