I am thankful for.....
I have been reading with interest the 100 things lists some are doing, and have decided to do one with a bit different focus. Looking back on my first "survivor" year, the negatives are obvious and don't need repeating here. I have decided to start the new year concentrating on the things I am thankful for, so here goes. I am not going to set any particular number to it, we'll just see where it goes. Rather than retyping "I am thankful for" each entry, I will use " as ditto marks, please be sure to read it as such. Thanks for reading!
I am thankful for my Lord and God and how he helps me everyday
" the fresh, crisp, Northern Minnesota air I breath everyday
" having a wife that makes sure I have a good meal in the refrig to eat while she is sleeping after a night shift
" having had two good marriages in this life
" having had 28 great years with my late wife
" having had 6 years with Lesley so far, looking forward to many more
" the snow that is gently falling as I write this
" having a new ATV to plow aforementioned snow
" mosquito nets and repellant
" two great dogs and companions
" a great family in New Zealand, mum, son, two lovely grand daughters
" the ability to usually put back together what I take apart just to see how it works
" 4 wheel drive vehicles
" 62 trips around the sun
" homemade bread anytime I want it
" a brain. The stroke proved I have one, abeit a bit less than I had
" Saeboflex
" Active Release therapy
" Dr Shane McCormick in Thunder Bay, Canada
" this forum to express myself
" the ability to do so
" friends that showed up unexpectedly before Christmas with pizza and a real Christmas tree for us
" the same friends that then proceeded to decorate said tree
" the local Dr that lives nearby and unexpectedly showed up Christmas Eve night with his John Deere tractor and cleared our driveway of fresh fallen snow
" sudoku
" football
" netflix movies
" airplanes
" the opportunity to serve my country for 20 years in war and peace
" the miracle of three babies born in the past three months on our short road here in the country. Only 8 families live on this road. Must be the well water
" growing up in the country as a boy with my springer spaniel companion helping deliver the newspapers
" going to a small country school without all the programs and "advantages" of a big city school
" my next cup of coffee
" my life getting better as I make it simpler
" telephones
" I can still carry my canoe
" I can still fish alone
" there will probably not be anyone else in sight on the lake
" the lakes are frozen and I will be ice fishing soon
" there are fish in the lakes foolish enough to bite on my feeble lure presentations
" I have a wife that likes to fish, still working on the football
" there are less than 5,000 people living in our county, which is the size of the state of Rhode Island
" we are too remote for more people to come here to live
" we have one stoplite in the entire county
" the days are getting longer
" I can watch the Northern Lights
" I graduated from high school
" the teachers were kind
" I have been in 30 countries
" I have been in 49 states
" I am living exactly where I want to be
" I have everything I need, almost everything I want (still want a snowmobile)
" a wife that has stuck by me thru thick and thin
" a three month old baby boy to babysit for our neighbor
" if I play my cards right, he will be able to carry my canoe for me when I no longer can do it myself
" on the 5 mile trip to town I am more likely to see wildlife than another car
" snow sticks to pine trees
" I know a God that loves me
" I sleep well at night
" our dog "Tippy" has grown from a tiny puppy to a 40lb companion in just 10 months
" Dickons for naming our dog "Tippy"
" that Tippy is housebroken
" I see miracles around me everyday
" our freezer and cubbords are full
" I am still eating the Christmas ham
" there was a Christmas ham to eat
" the sun will rise in the East tomorrow morning and I have good reason to believe I will be able to watch it
" the bills are paid
" I wouldn't trade my life experiences for anything on this earth
" I have to opportunity to hopefully give some others a bit of joy and something to think about reading this
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