This is what fb asked me today:
Good question, I might add. I wrote a post yesterday about religion and that made me think about compassion and rising above anger. Don’t get me wrong, I’m so not the religious type, I don’t believe in the purpose of the church and I don’t go to confession. Instead, I believe in forgiveness and acceptance, but this is a different story for another day 😉
Here is my list, my thoughts on who and what I’m thankful for:
- my fiance because he helped me grow into the woman that I am today, he stood by me through the bad, listened to my dreams and made some of them happen 🙂
- my loving parents (I would have so much to say, but the love I have for them cannot be put into words)
- the fact that my grandparents are still alive 🙂 and maybe they will live to see my children; I have the best grandparents – they raised me, they helped me with everything since the day I was born and they are still there for me, even until this day
- how I was raised and who I have become
- the people that came into my life and left, for the memories they gave me and for the people that stayed 🙂
- the dreams that become reality
- the things that I learned along the way
- the job I have, the projects I had the chance to participate and the experience I gained
- the home we build together
- the house we decorated together
- the memories we made and the places we saw
- his love and his friendship
- the fact that in 6 months I will take his last name
- our friends, even we don’t see each other as often as I would like, the moments are that more precious
- my bridesmaids – the girls that make me smile, whom I call at any hour of the day and stress with my ideas, my excitement and my restlessness
- the hot cup of black tea in the morning, while looking out the window at our garden; the jasmine tea in the afternoon, after a long day at work, cuddling in his arms; the rooibos & honey tea at midnight, when we end up talking long past our bedtime 😀
- my huge collections of books and mugs – they really do go hand in hand!
- snow in November and on Christmas day
- fuzzy gloves and a green thermos to keep me happy an my way to work
- big, cozy winter scarves in lovely colors
- love notes on the kitchen table
- presents that take me by surprise and gestures that make my heart melt ❤
- cinnamon, baked apples, carols and cold noses
- skiing, drinking mulled wine with nutmeg and trips faraway from home
- and for all the material stuff that make me happy and slightly superficial 😀
And here are 25 things (or more), just from the top of my head, which I am thankful for 🙂 Next year I’ll write 26!