Grateful

On Tuesday I went with my friend Lauren to Demopolis, her home town, for a monogram party. They have lots of items you can buy for a good price and have them monogrammed for gifts etc. We had a great time visiting with everyone, seeing her neice and nephew, and eating at the famouns Mr. G's.

On the way back, I asked her if she would drive me through Tuscaloosa so I could see the April 27 tornado damange. Yes, I called T-town home for four and a half years, but had yet to see the horrible distruction. I am sure what I saw was nothing close to what it looked like right after, but it still was HORRIBLE.  I mean HORRIBLE. It was amazing to me how many houses and buildings were taken down.

Looking around at the town made me feel so grateful. Many times I feel I take things for granted. I know that sometimes it is not intentional that I do so, but some things I have never lived without. Therefore I don't always appreiciate them. Such as, having a roof over my head. Not everyone does. At any second, this could be taken away from me. I need to be thankful every day.

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”


– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

A few things I am grateful for:
My wonderful friends
A loving family
God
My dog Truffles
My apartment
The opportunity for an education
A car
A computer
My life

I realize that there are many things I have that are not necessities and for that I am grateful.
Not everyone has a computer that they can sit down and type a blog post on. Or the internet to read this blog post. :)

Even when times get hard, remember to be grateful of the GOOD things happening in your life.

What are you grateful for?

K