It's been a while since I have done a public gratitude list. Therefore, I am going to start the day off right and write in my journal this morning... You have been warned...LOLZ.
So, what am I grateful for?:
- I am grateful that I am in God's (George Carlin's) pocket, because I like to play around with his Ipod.
- I am grateful to have a husband who understands that when I am crazy, I am not Catherine anymore.
- I am grateful for all the friends who have supported me through this past year.
- I am grateful for all four of my children, who have the laughter, innocence, and love that I always wished for when I was a child.
- I am grateful that I am actively working a program of recovery to help me clean up the messes I made while I was bonkers.
- I am grateful that I have all my basic needs met--Place to live, food to eat, and clothes on my back.
- I am grateful for my morning walk this morning; it was a great way to wake my senses to the fact that the clouds, trees, and birds are still just as beautiful as they always are.
- I am grateful to have medications that bring me back from the dark place and back into the light.
- I am grateful to have all the professionals who have helped to support me as I traveled through the recent bout of psychosis--Helping me to get back to sanity in a way that I don't feel any shame or embarrassment regarding it all.
- I am grateful that I get to continue my college education this Fall!
- I am grateful for my computer, which allows me to communicate with so many people who are dually-diagnosed, as they teach me how to live with my own dual-diagnosis.
- I am grateful for silly hats.
- I am grateful that I have another chance to try this sanity thing and, also, return the love that has been so freely given to me.
- I am grateful for facebook spammery!
- I am grateful for my new blog...I feel like I can be more open and honest here.
- I am grateful for my sponsor.
- I am grateful that my hemorrhoids went away!
- I am grateful that my husband's father is feeling much stronger since his chemo treatments.
- I am grateful for my children's arts and crafts...They always wow me with how purely creative the child's mind is--This inspires me to keep up on my own creativity. (like lying to the cops....I KID! I KID! lolz)
- I am grateful to have you all, dear readers.... You have done saved my bacon more that I can count fer.
Love always, Catherine Teh Paper Plate xoxoxoxo