Giving Thanks With a Gratitude List

on November 26, 2009 at 7:00 AM

While Thanksgiving day is the "official" day set aside for giving thanks, I try throughout the year to stop and give thanks often and to make regular gratitude lists when I'm feeling cranky or lost.

However, on this day, this is the day I like to look at the big picture.

In this year, which started off with my husband's job layoff, I find that my gratitude list is pretty simple. It's the core things that really matter and not just in these rotten economic times but every single day.

Without our core needs being met, we have nothing.

Thanksgiving "G-List" 2009:

My healthy, loving husband and two happy, healthy boys
My own good health and happiness
Employment, my husband's new job and my own ongoing employment
Home, small and wonderful with a heater that works!
Food on the table, often simple but always filling
Our dear family and friends and their health and happiness
Love, it's all around me

And thank you, Daily Buzz readers, for keeping this space on CafeMom fun with lively chatter and all kinds of opinions and kindness. I wish you a lovely Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends.

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About the author Sheri Reed

is a writer and the Entertainment, News & Sports editor for The Stir. She loves a good film, watches lots of good TV and follows Ryan Gosling's every move because she has to -- for work.

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Comments (2)

LuminousMom

on Nov 26, 2009 at 12:51 PM

my family and friends :) No matter what, I will always have them.. thats what is most important

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FrancisK

on Nov 26, 2009 at 3:53 PM

1. My beautiful family, my parents (they sold their car so I could come to this country to have a better life). My dear grandmother, brother, sister and uncle.

2. My loving boyfriend.

3. Our appartment, food on the table, heating.

4. My job.

5. Overall I would say love