belated gratitude

[jessipsaloquitur]

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't feeling particularly thankful yesterday. In fact, I spent a good part of the day feeling exhausted, over-worked, unappreciated, misunderstood, annoyed, and down-right grumpy. On top of all those decidedly non-shiny feelings, I felt guilty for not getting into the whole be thankful theme of the day, which, you know, only added to the grumptasticness. After a while, I decided that I was just going to give myself permission to feel whatever it was I was feeling. So, I stopped fighting the grumpy and instead I drank wine and ate pie! *g*

And, whataya know, today I can again see all the goodness in my life for which I am, despite, yesterday's grumpiness, truly thankful. So, even though the rest of the country has moved on from thankfulness to rabid consumerism, I'm going to take a moment and be grateful, for all of this, and so much more that it actually defies my stellar list making skills!

• My mom. She's amazing. And she loves and supports me unconditionally. This is priceless.


• My nieces. Rianna and Rhyan fill my life with love and laughter and hope.


• My friends. I'm a better person because of the phenomenal people who I'm blessed to call my friends.


• My health. My body is strong and healthy and beautiful.


• My amazing life. I've had such a fabulous year full of music and travel and friends and just living every moment.


• My mind. Not just my intellect, but also the experience and tools to know that I choose my thoughts and thus shape my world.


• All of the shiny things that make my life so much fun! Amazing music, entertaining t.v. shows, shiny fandoms, Adam (!!!), glittery new make up, dance, books, travel, and, of course, all of you.

Oh, one more thing. I'm also VERY thankful for my cousin's delicious Malibu rum sweet potatoes! So yummy!!! Definitely my favorite part of this year's Thanksgiving dinner! :D