It doesn’t look very promising does it? Top all of this off with my husband’s hours getting cut, Our rent is 50 bucks more where we are. Our brand new HD2 phone got dropped in the toilet less than a month after we got it. The money issues that come with being a young married couple now-a-days. It isn’t any wonder that this year hasn’t chalked up to be what I would consider great!

However when I look past all of the bad, I can see so much good. So many tiny things in my life, that have always been there, that I have taken for granted. One of these things is having my great-grandmother in my life. I am MOST thankful this year, that I had my great grandmother for 26 years of my life. Most people that I know haven’t got to experience the love of a great grandparent for that long. I was lucky enough to get to know her from the time I was born until  I was grown up and married. The only thing I’m sad about is that I was that she would have got to see me become a Mom. That would have made it all more complete. I wish I’d have gotten to spend more time with her in recent years. Called her more.

There isn’t anything that I can do about this now of course, and there isn’t any use to say what if. I know she wouldn’t want me to beat myself up over these things. I have finally started to accept what happened. It has taken a while though.

She was always there for me, and she was always very proud of me. I am thankful to have gotten to have such a close relationship with her as well. When she would talk about me she would brag to no end. When she told me I was her favorite, I know without a doubt that she meant it. This thanksgiving will be my first without her. In a months time I will also experience her first birthday and Christmas with her not around. It will be hard, but I know that I will be able to get through it.

I am thankful for my mom & dad and my grandparents on my mom’s side of the family as well. if it wasn’t for my parents there have been many times that my husband and I wouldn’t have made it through. My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May of this year.When you get to witness something like that, it makes you strive to want the same for yourself.I am thankful to have their support in whatever I do, and know that no matter what happens they are there for me. I am lucky to have that because so many people I know don’t.

I am also thankful that my husband and I have semi-managed to get back together and not have too many more problems. There have been a couple of times this year that I could NOT even see this happening. I think the second time that I left and stayed gone an entire night and took our cat Sam, he finally got the hint. I am thankful to finally have a relationship where we can talk and not scream at each other.

I am thankful that we got to move back out on our own again as well. There is nothing like having your own place. To be able to have your daily life as you want to have it. I missed simple things like going to the grocery store (which I hate) and cleaning up and such more than you can ever know. I didn’t realize how much of my day I spent doing these things! More than this I am thankful we moved AGAIN back to the old apartment place that we lived in when we were first married. You talk about feeling like being home, this is it for me! There is NO PLACE like HOME!

I am thankful to have my best friend back in my life, even though, yes he is my ex-boyfriend. He was one of those ex-boyfriends that was always more my friend than anything else. I have said many times that if we happened to “fall on top of each other” every now and again it happened, but it honestly wasn’t that big of a deal. It is fun to have someone who has known me longer than a nano second to talk to and text, and every now and again hang out with. I am thankful that my husband finally understood the whole situation and allows this to happen!

I am also thankful to many of the people that I know online for becoming friends with me. There are several people that I have known for a good while, and those of which that have only recently came into my life. I don’t have the real life friends connection for the most part so being able to have you all around means a lot. I don’t know what I’d do without you!  I am glad to be able to get open, honest opinions and all of that good stuff. I look forward to continuing these friendships and making more online pals!

I am sure there are many more things that I am thankful for, but these are pretty much the top of the list. I urge you to spend as much time as you can with your family this thanksgiving this holiday season, if it is possible for you. At least call and say hey, because you will brighten their day tons, with just a simple act. Don’t take the simple things in life for granted, because you never know when your situation could change! Find things to be thankful for, even though you feel that you might not have anything. Deep down I’m sure everyone has at least 1 thing they can say they are thankful for.