THINGS I AM GRATEFUL FOR

I have been to Mardi Gras…
I have nearly been shot while covering a police standoff…
I have flown an F-16 fighter jet simulator (and didn’t crash)…
I have loved someone…
I have held a premature baby in one hand…
I have driven from one coast of the United States to the other…
I have testified in a murder trial…
I have been given a Key to a City…
I have programmed radio stations…
I have comforted dying people…
I have visited with a lonely nursing home resident on my day off…
I have seen a sculpture of a coyote on a butte in Wyoming…
I have seen the Cubs play at Wrigley Field…
I have seen the Atlantic Ocean…
I have seen the Pacific Ocean…
I have seen the Gulf of Mexico…
I have a faithful dog that loves me unconditionally…
I have been to Disneyland and DisneyWorld…
I have shown kindness and been given kindness in return…
I have written a novel…
I have laughed so hard I’ve whizzed in my pants…
I have held hands during a movie…
I have been to Toronto…
I have treated myself to ice cream when I deserved it…
I have played in the snow…
I have laid on the grass and watched the clouds…
I have saved a bird with a broken wing…
I have gazed on scenery so awe-inspiring I had to pull over to the side of the road to get a good look at it…
I have ridden horses in Hawaii…
I have played with marionettes…
I have connected with a quiet child…
I have learned to put other people’s needs before my own…
I have had more than one full body massage…
I have given over my life to God…
I have learned the difference between pride and strength of character…
I have emceed jazz concerts in front of hundreds of people…
I have given mouth-to-nose resuscitation to a newborn puppy…
I have fostered close to a hundred kittens…
I have survived a major hurricane…
I have learned to celebrate my uniqueness…
I have learned to respect other people’s differences…
I have eaten fresh baked, right out of the oven cookies…
I have been on a cruise…
I have made Halloween fun for kids…
I have had homemade ice cream…
I have learned never to ask God for patience…
I have watched the fish throwers at the Farmer’s Market in Seattle…
I have sat on a park bench and watched a squirrel for an hour…
I have stood over an active volcano…
I have walked on the black sand beach…
I have had to sleep in my car because I had no other choice...
I have watched a spider build a web…
And I have never lost the ability to laugh at myself.

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