Gratefulness

30 days of gratefulness is going around Facebook. I don't have patience for that but here's what I'm most grateful for:

I'm grateful for a wonderful family. A very supportive family and could not be where I am today without them.

I'm grateful for my family. My family has always been supportive of me. They put up with the fact that I quit what I thought was a dream job out of college to join a full time volunteer service which led me far from them. I didn't see them but once a year for 3 years. I didn't spend holidays with them, or celebrate birthdays. And now see them maybe twice a year.

In Milwaukee (and deciding to move out there), my extended family was so supportive, helping find housing, moving me, storing things, providing home cooked food, laundry, driving me to Urgent Care, allowing me to live with them for a few months. I don't think they realized how hard of a decision it was to move back to Baltimore and leave them. And I doubt I thanked them enough.

I'm grateful for my friends. I love them. And wish I saw them all more often.

I'm grateful for an amazing boyfriend.  He's been a rock since the beginning of our relationship. He's always there for me and I continue to be more and more grateful for him daily.

I'm grateful for a good job that I like (the majority of the time).

I'm grateful for simple comforts in life.

I'm grateful for yoga, flowers, music, dance, shoes, hoodies, the ability to afford a gym membership, my bed, a full belly, a cozy apartment, tv, movies, wifi, computer and other gadgets, the trees turning beautiful colors, pink, books and the ability to read them, laughter, art, having lived in several states, visiting more and all of my experiences (good and bad).

That's 30 (I think) and I'm grateful for much, much more