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| From left to right; my dog Buttons, London, IMATS LA and me. |
Tonight at midnight all of us
(think that’s safe to say) will be looking forward to a bright new year.
Perhaps a year where you decide this year you’re finally going to lose
those 10 pounds (for me 20), vow to be a better person or cross something off
your bucket list. For me reflecting is also just as important, it’s about being
thankful for the things we’ve (I’ve) done. Those memories within the year that
we wouldn’t trade for the world, being thankful to God you were able to
experience such good memories.
I admit there are days were
I wake up, go to work and think nothing of it. The truth is every day is a
gift. We’re here for only a short period of time and we should enjoy life as
much as possible. Every year my grandma tell us this might be her last year
(she’ll be 90 this coming February). I know one day that will be true, though
it’s hard to even think that. If someone asked me to list the things I was
thankful for, I could come up with a few memories but I know I’d miss some too.
If someone asked me to list all the bad times within the year, I think I could
make that list faster. However, that’s not what I want to focus on. I don’t
want to think of all the negativity within the year. Yes, we’ve experienced
lost and they will never be forgotten but that’s where you remember the good
times you’ve had with them.
I am thankful that my niece
was born. She always brightens my day. She’s only 11 months but she brought us
so much light to our family, especially to my sister and brother-in-law. I’m
thankful for spending another year with my dad, who has diabetes. He’s spent
Christmas’s in the past in the hospital. He’s blind, in a wheelchair and has
health issues but he ‘keeps trucking’. He doesn’t give up; he’s my inspiration.
I’m grateful to still have both my parents (who’ve been married 30 something
plus years). In junior high there was a group of us and though the years we’ve
lost contact but through Facebook were able to reconnect. We may not talk to
each other all the time but we’re able to see the sad, happy and important
things within each other’s life. Sadly, I am the only one with both parents and…
we’re all the same age.
This year I was able to
travel to Los Angles for my birthday and in the summer I was able to travel to
London and Paris. I’m not trying to brag at all. My point is to point out
there are times in our (my) life where you have to look at what you’ve been
given and thank God for it. He can easily take it all away from me, and next
year and I could be writing a whole different kind of post. But this year I was
blessed and I couldn’t be more grateful and thankful.
What are you thankful for this past year?
-Melissa
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