Things To Be Thankful For — That Winning Feeling

May 23rd, 2008

Things To Be Thankful For
That Winning Feeling

Things that made me smile in spite of my painful migraine headache:

The joy on my mother’s face when David Cook was announced the American Idol winner

The joy on my mother’s face when Manchester United were crowned winners of the UEFA Champions League

Finding a sachet of instant coffee at the bottom of the snack drawer

The smell of magazines with uncoated pages

My geriatric cat giving me the “I love you so much” gaze :)

A group of teenage girls was sitting next to me as I was eating lunch at a fast-food restaurant on Wednesday. They were talking about their schools assignments, boys, mobile phones and er, boys.

20 minutes later, the group left and a gang of 3 teenage boys took their place. The topic of the boys’ conversation moved from girls to mobile phones to Friendster accounts and then back to girls. Ah…the priorities of youth! I’m glad I’m no longer a teen — such a stressful and confusing period!

I remarked to B a few days ago that I’m in a comfortable position in my life where I’m glad for the lessons of the past and look forward to the fruits of the future. Guess that’s one more thing to be thankful for! :)

What are you grateful for today?

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I'm grateful for family, friends and all the opportunities we have to enjoy one another's company and add to our ever growing collection of lovely memories. When I was at my lowest ebb health-wise I drew upon these memories and they gave me the reserve strength I needed to smile and to recover. I've also grateful for inspirational blogs like yours and for the bloggers who create them. Have a good weekend. best regards, TT

timethief at 6:39 pm on May 23, 2008

It's been a beautiful day, and I was able to leave work early, but, strange as it sounds, the thing I'm most grateful for is seeing a beautiful garter snake resting on my fence this afternoon. Black and yellow stripes with little ruby dots all down its body...just amazing.

Christopher at 7:17 pm on May 23, 2008

We actually watched that Manchester United game. Well, Todd watched it and was happy for the winner. I kinda fell asleep! ;)

White On Rice Couple at 1:11 am on May 25, 2008

Hi Ginger! I am thankful for everything (my family, the roof over our heads, the food on the table, the clothes we wear, the car that takes us to work, the work that pays my bills, the bills for the services...), everyday. No matter how mundane my day gets, I am grateful to have these blessings, great or small. Thankful too to have found blog friends like you!!!

Ria at 1:06 pm on May 25, 2008

@TT - That's good to hear and thank you :)
@Christopher - sounds like quite a treat
@WORC - I nearly fell asleep too! It started 230am local time and what a long match it was!
@Ria - I too feel blessed to have so many blog friends like you guys here! :)

Ginger M at 5:28 am on May 26, 2008

i'm grateful my two children (one a heart transplant recipent) are happy and healthy.

stephen at 10:34 am on May 26, 2008

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