I'm grateful ...
 

that a month after Dakota's death, my other dogs are finally settling down. They have been anxious and sniffing under every closed door looking for her ... just like I keep expecting to see her sitting in the window seat waiting for me to come home from work, or lounging in her favorite spot on the sofa while I'm watching TV.

I miss her so much, but I am so very grateful that her passing was gentle and that she was surrounded with love from the day I found her until the moment she left this world.

Is there anything better in this life than the love of a good dog?

i'm so very grateful for friends who are honest and forthright in their communication with me!
For they are the ones who "get" me (as much as i can be got, anyway) and understand i have to have that up-front, no hinting around kinda stuff. Otherwise, whatever it is you're trying to tell me is most likely gonna get lost in translation and it may leave you frustrated with me. :seeingstars:

:hangloose:

I am fucking grateful for my life!!!!

Thankful!
 

Dear Coworker C,

You look a little like Santa and you tell dirty jokes and are never in a bad mood. We have worked together for a year and a half and people make fun of you because you're the "old mainframe guy" but I have come to love your stories of programming in the "old days" and how our employer has evolved.

Although you will not see this note, I hope you will know how very much I appreciate you for pulling me out of my crying jag this morning and helping me get the evil datapac in line.

I have been super stressed out lately and feeling very much under pressure and having you stop for second to call me at home to walk me through a "quick fix" has made all of the difference in my outlook today.

I appreciate you more than you will know and am grateful to be working with an amazing and generous "old mainframe guy".

<3

Gratitude for what was and what is to be.
 

Health and Courage
 

I am grateful that my sugar levels are low in the normal range and have lots of energy, There was a time I was not feeling well at all. I am grateful I have the courage to open my heart and accept love and the desire to express my love in return. I am grateful for the lessons learned.

Grateful for compasionate Friends
 

Today my freind Trevor picked me up and I followed him to his place of business, Trevor and his husband Mark own a limousine business here in Austin. Their mechanic check my car and believes he could fix it for $300 verses $1,500 I was told by other mechanics. I will know for sure on Monday Thank God, The Buddha, Trevor and Mark .

Carey Limousines
Austin TX.

What I am grateful for...
 

grateful
 

Thank you for my family, who always care and always ready to play a joke on me. hahahah
Thank you for the love of my friends, who show me that loyalty is more than an intangable trait.
Thank you clarity.
Thank you honesty.
Thank you for this opportunity to evolve, I am truly blessed.

hoooty hooo
 

I came home on sun morning at 630am...and as soon as i got out of the car i heard some hooooting.....it was not the usual bird song that i hear in the yard so as im walking up our front stairs and looking at the tree i saw the bigest owl i have ever seen....i decided to hoot back.....the owl humored me for a min and then soared away right in front of my eyes.....it was so very cool that i had to stand there for a min and just be grateful for seeing and hearing that gift....it was an amazing sight and a gift from the universe on the morning of a giant full moon...

for the new baby...
 

:moonstars:I am grateful to God and the universe for bringing me the boi who captured my heart, hung the moon, and teaches me everyday what it means to love, and be loved, in every way.......:moonstars:

I am so very grateful that I actually learned from all those hard knocks I had back in my youth and that I can often see an issue coming before it gets here and move outta the way.

Grateful for the wisdom to know the difference..

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many things...
 

this community...
 

I am so grateful this year is almost over. This has been one for the books.

I am grateful for.....
 

I am grateful.
 

It has been one wild-ass year. (which I do not care to repeat!)

It has been a year of tremendous transition, of suppositions challenged, paths chosen and not, as well as magic in the most unlikely places.

I'm grateful for glimpses of love, for new and genuine friends and their amazing authenticity. For old friendships, steady and true.

For a healthy son. And a healthy me.

Most of all, I'm grateful for my ability to keep the dreams alive.
I still believe in Happily Ever After.

I am grateful to be celebrating this holiday season, with the woman I love.
I am grateful to Rope for his persistence in encouraging me to move to the Bay Area, and to both hy and hys lovely wife for opening their home to me while I figured out my bearings.
I am grateful to those folks who gave me a place to stay, in exchange for work.
I am grateful to Mike for giving me the opportunity to work at the LGBT Center.
I am grateful for the medical care I am receiving at the Native American Clinic.
I am grateful to those who affirm that joy and gratitude go hand in hand.
I am grateful for the love and support I receive each and every day.

Everything!

I'm grateful to be in the present, to be right here now.

....
 

I,m gratefull for the small things, memories and family.

sitting here delightfully tired after a yummy meal and wonderful family time, I am overflowing with Gratitude for my chosen family and how they've made this a very special Christmas. Lots of laughter, comfort, peaceful calm, and something I've always wanted ...someone to care about me and for me to care for. I'm grateful for chosen family.

I am so very grateful:

To be finally, just today, back in my home.

To be at the end of a difficult year, transitioning out of a marriage I should have never been in, but that brought me my grandchildren and allowed me to fulfill my dream of parenting a child.

For my grandchildren: For C., 17, who trusts me enough to talk to me about some things that too many kids - young adults? - never talk about with the adults in their lives, and for her willingness to share an obsession with roller derby with her grandmother of all people. For "Chase", 6, my beloved baby butch, the child who has given me the gift of my life's dream of being loved unconditionally by a child. And for B., 4 months, who I don't really know very well yet but who I'm really looking forward to getting to know - and who will certainly need her Abuela to babysit soon.

For the aluminum Christmas tree that belonged to my beloved Granny, under which I opened my gifts for many of my first Christmases through the mid-60's, and under which my grandchildren will open some gifts tomorrow -- and for the comfort in knowing that they had the chance to meet their great-great-grandmother before she passed. I love the thought that something of my Granny might live on in my grandchildren.

For old friends and new ones, both equally precious to me, and the realization just today that my life is surrounded by and deeply infused with love.

For a job that pays the bills, even when money is tight, and that satisfies my soul, even when the bosses try to suck our souls dry.

For a home that is far too big for one person and so can easily welcome and shelter so many who I love.

To finally have the ability to accept the things I cannot change and change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

To realize, much to my delight, that when I'm not letting myself get mired in other people's drama, I'm actually a very easy-going, optimistic, and positive person. And that makes me very, very happy.

For 2013 and all of its possibilities and new beginnings for me.