Thankful.

Today I am thankful for:

• being raised by strong, independent women who taught *me* to be the same way.
• the freedom to be whoever I wish to be.
• friends who accept me exactly as I am, without apologies.
• having a dark sense of humor that allows me to find the funny in nearly any situation.
• tv, books and hobbies that help me take my mind off the bad times.
• modern medicine.
• the laughter of my children.
• my husband who mostly knows when to step in and overlap my responsibilities and when to step back and let me run over his.
• my hands, which let me knit.
• my knitting, which calms me when stressed, and challenges me when bored.
• my brother, who can make me giggle even when I'm angry at him.