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Serial Prompt: Gratitude Part I - November 29, 2013

Serial Prompt! Part One: The November 29, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  is
What are you thankful for? On the first day (today), give me an overview of everything you were thankful for at the age of 10, and everything you are thankful for in your life currently. Feel free to make two lists. How have your lists changed? On the second day (tomorrow), think about your future self and make a list of what you will be thankful for in the future. Please be inventive with this. Make a life for yourself and imagine what the world may be like 20, 30, 40, 50, etc years in the future.

What was I thankful for 57 years ago at the age of 10?

The television set at my grandparent's house because I could watch my favorite TV shows when I was there.
Hot coco, my grandmother or mother made, on a cold winter morning.
A chocolate cake on my birthday.
A Betsy Wetsy Doll.
Peppermint candy canes.
Coloring eggs at Easter and chocolate Easter bunnies.
Snow on Christmas.
Staying up until midnight on New Year's Eve.
Eggnog.
Staying overnight at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

What am I thankful for today?

My car because otherwise I would have to take a cab, a bus, or walk when I have to go to the store.
My cellphone because I can carry it with me when I leave the house and do not have to use a payphone for emergencies.
Because I can keep in contact with my nieces and nephews.
A place to live.
Bananas one of my favorite fruits since I got my dentures.
Hot coffee in fall and winter or iced coffee in spring and summer.
Extra income when I can earn it.
Autumn leaves.
Rain
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Thought of the Day: "Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse." - Henry Van Dyke