Blessed

I’m just so frustrated today!  I can’t get to any of my art supplies – still all in boxes and nowhere to put them in the basement yet.  I can’t work out because my back and neck hurt too much.  Constant pain is getting me down today too.  I haven’t been sleeping well for weeks – maybe months, I don’t know.  I’m loosing weight due to all the stress I’m under at work.  I’m worried sick about my husband’s hip which seems to be giving him a tremendous amount of pain, but he won’t go to have anyone look at it because our family doctor (who I have lost all faith in) told him the x-ray was normal.  To boot, my parents seem to me from phone calls to be getting older by the minute.  Dad seems to have absolutely no energy or strength and mom is fighting pneumonia and bronchitis, having just gotten released from the hospital.

Still, I know that many people struggle with more than this on a daily basis throughout their lives and I should be grateful for the wonderful life I have and have had.  Some days it is just a little difficult to count my blessings.  Which, of course, are the days I need to count my blessings.

I am blessed with:

• The most wonderful husband in the world that puts up with my rants and “red-headedness”.  Note that I am not actually a redhead, but he insists that I have a “redhead personality”.  He also supports my art and doesn’t mind that it takes up half of the basement.  At least it will when I finally get it set up.
• 2 wonderful stepdaughters who are also two of the most thoroughly beautiful people in the world (inside and out). 
• A fabulous stepson-in law who is a great guy, a wonderful husband and one of the best fathers out there.
• 4 Beautiful, intelligent, fun and all around perfect grandchildren in the entire solar system or universe, whichever is bigger.
• A Wonderful, spacious and incredibly lovely new home.
• A fabulous job that pays me well and that I truly enjoy going to each day of the week that gives me opportunities to be my very best each day.
• My health – except for my neck issue.
• A marvelous loving family of sisters and brothers although I don’t get to see or talk to them as much as I would like.  I know they are always there for me if I should need them as I am for them.

I can stop now – although of course I could keep going on and on…..but I am smiling.  WOW – that’s a change from where I was a few minutes ago. 

I am very blessed.  I’m going for a walk and enjoy the sunshine and get a little exercise.  Not too far, but just enough.
 
What a beautiful day!