I need to be grateful today, because I could so easily be otherwise.

I am grateful for a few moments of sanity sitting at my desk, nothing but the tapping of the keys on the keyboard and an escape into the world of Chief Executive Officers.

I am grateful for big snowflakes.

I am grateful for sweet, sweet videos of my Texas grandchildren. I love that they call me “Ama.”

I am grateful for dentists who change up schedules just to fit in a couple of extractions.

I am grateful for neighbors who are taking care of Natia.

I am grateful for fresh sheets.

I am grateful for a gift bag waiting for us on this much-needed day.

I am grateful for blank paper for which to take notes, rather than the corners and empty spaces of used up paper.

I am grateful for kind hotel employees who are compassionate in the face of frustration and embarrassment.

I am grateful for a nice pen.

I am grateful for heat seaters, aka heated seats.

I am grateful for extra wash cloths.

I am grateful for that quiet sanity at my desk and the outburst of laughter, all by myself, from silliness on the radio.

I am grateful for Sam and the fact that God blessed me with such an incredible man.

I am grateful for a day filled with doctor appointments tomorrow. Answers and help…

I am grateful for an abundance of tissues.

I am grateful for Psalm 103:4-5 that says God surrounds me with loving kindness and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things.

I am grateful for a variety of stamps.

And I am grateful for the yucky yuck we are going through and the even tighter bond we are forming, together. No one understands unless they have gone through it…and we are going through it, together.