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Bedtime Gratitude ~ Part 48 |
Thanks Opi! |
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Grateful I got "this close" to shotgun. Good on you Aly! Thanks Opi. Grateful for EQ's 2.5 years and grateful for EQ. |
Grateful for a getaway out of town to look forward to next week. I'll be going just outside of Chicago with my son and family where he will be going away to college for his first year. I wasn't going to go and work instead and just have my wife go with him. I didn't want to break my streak of not missing a day of work since I started there 15 months ago. But you know what changed my mind? When the guy I worked with committed suicide this week (Tues). That morning was a really bad thunderstorm with heavy rain. I had to go outside and got all wet and when I came back in I saw him smiling at me. And I always would laugh when he, the quality control lady and I would go over parts and the two of them would get in these disagreements. I would tell them their arguing was like watching a Lifetime movie where the man is the bad guy and the woman is the good one. And we all would laugh. Little did I know he would hang himself that night in his girlfriend's garage. His girlfriend found him. He and his girlfriend had been going through some problems. He brought in his 11 year old daughter to work a few days before. The next few days I really did some thinking about how a person could be here one day and gone the next. Then I translated that thought about my family. And I realized I need to be there with my son as he goes off to college for his first year and it's more important than trying to preserve my streak of consecutive days without missing a day at work. |
I'm grateful to be closing down Day 13! I'm grateful that the gkids have gone to bed, and that I will be happy to see them in the morning as we get ready to go to the fair. I'm grateful for my darling little dogs. Grateful for SR |
Grateful for my new book waiting for me "I am Malala". Grateful for a quiet happy day. Grateful. |
(((((UncleHolmes)))))) I'm sure you'll have a great time with your family xxx (((((EQ))))) Two and a half years is brilliant! So pleased and happy for you :c014: |
Grateful for UH's insight. That is why I made this trip with my daughter a priority. I (luckily in time) did my only big trip with just my Mother and I, the year before she was diagnosed. Once she was diagnosed, she was never able to travel again. And this past December I was in a horrible car wreck and as the ER Dr pointed out, I was a very lucky woman that I wasn't dead as I should have been from all that happened. I remember opening my eyes in an upside down car, and thinking. wow, it looks like I am still alive! And moving all my body parts and thinking, wow, I am not paralyzed either. I guess it is not my time yet, I'd thought with amazement. But we don't really know when it is, do we? Grateful to express gratitude everyday, and to push myself to look with fresh eyes and a grateful heart. |
After reading your posts, I'm very grateful to be taking my son back to the University Of Arizona today for his 2nd year. We're going to sneak in a little trout fishing too :D |
Uncleholmes, your experience really does put things in to perspective. Suicide is traumatic for all those who knew the person, whether closely or casually. I hope you and your colleagues have plenty of support. Our mental health and well-being should be protected and nurtured at all times, sometimes I/we neglect to do this. Grateful that my mind is free from worry at the moment. Grateful there are many people I can talk to about difficulties should they arise. Grateful that my faith is growing daily. |
Grateful for a gentle Sunday filled with love and friendship Grateful that the storm left us unscathed but produced the most fantastic skies Grateful for my partner ♥♥♥ |
Bedtime gratitude.... happy to be home and sober. Long day at work. Super tired and looking forward to sleeping well tonight. |
Grateful to practice acceptance of myself today when I noticed destructive self judgement. (Well some of the time anyway.) Grateful for new music that came in the mail by Somi. Exquisite voice and writing. Transporting. Grateful to be home. Grateful for rest. |
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Grateful for new music that came in the mail by Somi. Exquisite voice and writing. Transporting. And grateful for an actual call from my young YouTube friend. She does NOT talk on the phone, so I was pleasantly surprised to hear from her even if it was a short conversation. Glad to hear from another Miss Z! Love and hugs, Eddie Z. :You_Rock_ |
Grateful my anxiety has subsided, I didn't listen to my AV and, for another day of sobriety. |
yes unc grateful to really get to know just how precious life is |
Grateful I've been able to hang with this nagging anxiety I've had all day. Grateful to be able to tell my AV that I'm not interested. Have a great evening everyone! http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticon...2867638http:// |
Grateful for a wonderful day filled with many blessings. |
Grateful that a situation today that would have had me screaming two years ago -- and drinking to recover -- was merely frustration today. Grateful as Rusty said a while back to sign out of the Drama Gazette. |
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