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Thankful Thursday, July 4, 2013

There is no July 4, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum" , so I guess that means I can write whatever I want.

Thankful Thursday

Today I am Thankful ...

that this is the Fourth of July because it always brings back fond memories of my childhood;
that I went to my grief counseling meeting last night because the "homework" for today is to do something for myself that I enjoy:
that I bought a package of beef frankfurters when I went to the grocery store yesterday because the I like to have hot dogs on the Fourth of July;
that I have horseradish mustard to put on my hot dogs;
for the invention of false teeth because it make eating frankfurter sandwiches easier;
that I learned a new word while watching the history channel yesterday, the new word is resurrectionist1 and it refers to a grave robber;
that the temperature in Las Vegas only got up to 112 degrees yesterday:
that I received a carton of milk with my senior commodities on Wednesday;
that my right knee does not hurt the way it did on Monday and Tuesday;
that I remembered to stop at the gas station Wednesday morning to purchase gas.

Gratitude
the joy of giving thanks
for the daily blessings of life.

Food for Thought: "Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate." - Meredith Grey

Footnotes
1  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/resurrectionist