Gratitude-it’s easy to be grateful for people and things. I’m human and don’t express enough what I’m grateful for so here goes…
This eve of a new year, reflecting on people who have made impressions on me and experiences that have made me stronger I’m feeling full of optimism and hope.
Handsome-32 years married (hour many happily?) life may not always be easy but at the end of the day, we’ve got one another. Remember when you asked me to be the “mother of your children?” Its been a privilege and honor to parent beside you. They’ve grown and are incredible humans. I love you!
I’m grateful for my angel girls, they’re more than daughters they are friends. We laugh and cry together. We dream and bring each other back to reality! They told me NO about so many jobs…. You were right. Thanks to them I’ve got a bonus son, a close to my heart boy and so many of their friends who keep me young! I’m proud of you and I love you!
My Rhode Island chosen family. Thank you for sharing your sweet daughter with me, I love her so much! My goal for next year is to make it up there to me meet J, N and all your fur babies! I’m proud of you and I love you!
Sarah, Patience, Andrea, Shannon, Jeanae, Shirley, Rebecca and Robin (in no particular order)…I hope you know what you mean to me. I’ll just make it weird again and say I LOVE YOU!! Thank you for loving me, praying for me, laughing and crying with me. I couldn’t imagine doing life without you as friends!
Here’s my authenticity reflection-Mom is 7 miles away but it feels like 70 x 7. Yesterday was my birthday and she doesn’t know. She knows I take care of her, take her places and love her but I am rarely Dana. Most of the time I’m her sister or who knows…I talk to my brother often by text or phone, I treasure the relationship we have rekindled. I miss my sister. She comes to see Mom a few times a year but there have been so many struggles between us we don’t have much relationship-once she was my closest friend. Perhaps we can mend in 2025.
If you’re receiving a link to this post this it’s because I’m grateful for you. Thank you for being a significant positive force in my daily life. Shalom, I’m crazy blessed to have you!!!
