1. God.
2. Life.
3. My family and friends.
4. A wonderful Thanksgiving with family.
5. Good coworkers.
6. A roof over my head.
7. I have achy joints but at least I can get up, suit up and show up each day.
8. My Bible.
9. Sobriety and not smoking another day.
10. Rain versus snow, at least while it is still warm enough where it does not freeze.
11. Fresh air.
12. My pets, Jax and Skeeter.
13. Tylenol for my headache.
14. Being able to post my gratitude on here.

• God in my life.
• My Bible study friends who have become like sisters to me. 
• I can turn my furnace down a bit and still be comfortable.  And God forbid I put on a hoodie.
• That although I have not been to an A.A. meeting in awhile, I still have and read my Big Book which is like the Bible of A.A.  Looking for a meeting to go to tonight.
• My family and friends.
• My job.  Scary to think where I would be without it.
• The beautiful Lake Superior, rain or shine.
• Waking up sober and nicotine free another day.
• Good Christian music to listen to while I wash the dishes.
• Another day off.  This is 6 of 7.  Back to work on Saturday.
• My dog and cat.  With so may dogs and cats missing in the Northland, I am grateful they are here with me and safe.  
• My new study Bible.  I am so happy I got it.  It was wonderful to have at Bible Study last night.  
• Another day God has so graciously given me.  Thanks be to God. <3

• I am upright, breathing, walking and talking.
• God loves me. 
• Football.  The last three years I have gotten into it more.  
• My Vikings.  They won yesterday.  
• A wonderful church service yesterday.  The pastor did a great job.  
• Although it would have been 29 years ago on November 3 since my husband and I had our first date, I was able to enjoy the day and remember the good times.  
• Having weird dreams lately.  What could they mean?  Maybe something good in my future?
• Day 3 of 7 off.  Loving it.  
• Staying sober and nicotine free another day.  
• Good Christian music to start my days. 
• A brand new study Bible I bought myself.  Now I can follow along better with my Bible study buddies.  I have a few Bibles but not like this one.
• New googles, swim hat and ear plugs for swimming at the Fitness Center.  Now I just need to get my butt there. :)
• My dog, Jax, is slowing down.  He does not spring out of bed like he used to and a couple days recently I had to call him several times standing by the bed to wake him up.  Grateful for all the years he has given us.  Just hoping for a little more.
• Making good friends at church and being invited to things.  Nice feeling.  
• Life.  It really can be good.  

Grateful for:

• Waking up to see another day.  
• Two days off before a 7 day work week.
• My Bible study friends and others from my church.
• Reading the Book of James at Bible Study.
• Being able to have an intelligent discussion and no one judges your input.  They value and welcome everyone’s interpretation.
• Getting on the scale this morning and seeing I lost 5 pounds. 
• Jesus.  
• My family and friends.
• Employment that pays my bills.
• A roof over my head.
• Fresh air of Fall.
• Good coffee.
• Good food.
• Staying sober and nicotine free another day.
• Getting up and being able to walk around, hard some days but I know people who have it a lot worse.  Grateful for all I can do.
• The women I met at Via De Cristo.

• I had a wonderful time at Via De Cristo last weekend.  Lots of good people, prayer, songs, testimonies, scripture, food and just the feel of the Holy Spirit.  No internet of phone and I survived!
• I have a headache but I have the day off and some Tylenol.  Glad I don’t have to work.  It will get better.
• My son taking care of the pets and the house while I was gone.
• God in my life and feeling closer.
• All the wonderful people I met at Via De Cristo.  I knew two people besides my sponsor so I was not alone.
• It is snowing!  Not crazy about it this early but it does look pretty.
• My brother ended up in the hospital with pancreatitis.  Not as bad as last time but still needs to be taken care of.  They were going to take his gallbladder but now are holding off.  Grateful my brother has patience.  Grateful God watches over him.
• My storm door got messed up the night before I was to leave down.  Grateful I have two other doors that lead into my house. 
• Took communion three times over my Via De Cristo weekend.  Grateful they had juice and and not just wine.  
• Grateful to be sober and nicotine free another day. 
• Grateful for unconditional love.  It really is out there.
• Grateful to just be alive.  Thank you Lord.  

• Good night’s sleep.  I woke up warm in bed.
• Cool out this morning and furnace went on for a bit.  Now I turned the thermostat down.
• Going to church and also working the coffee bar at church.  
• Quiet in the house.  
• Three days of work and then out of town a few days.  Looking forward to it.
• Energy drinks and good coffee.
• The feeling of renewal coming up.
• My dog and cat.  They can make mornings interesting.
• My son.  He was off to work before I got out of bed.  Grateful for him having a job.
• My family.  
• Friends.
• God.
• Sobriety and not smoking another day.
• We don’t have snow….yet.  Other outlying areas have gotten it  
• My knee hurts a little this morning.  At least I can feel.  I know a couple of people at work who are in wheelchairs and not that lucky.
• God woke me up today.  AWESOME!

• A weekend off.  After a 7 day work week, it is pretty enjoyable to have this time off.
• Good coworkers.  We work so well together.
• A reunion of people who worked at the old hospital before we merged with the bigger one many years ago.  It was so nice to see people who have retired, who have just left, and people who still work at the hospital now.  Great slide show, good food and good to catch up.
• My son for coming and getting me that night.  I don’t drink but it was nice not to have to leave early and catch two buses home.
• A nice lady that works at the hospital for crocheting me and my coworkers slippers.
• Good music on Spotify to listen to during the week.
• While seeing people the other night that are still retired and going strong, sad to see people that had not made it as they passed away.  Still happy to talk about the good memories with these people and share in the memories. 
• Rain and more rain this week.  Grateful to not be in the flood zone.
• It it 34 outside the other day.  Yes, I finally turned on the furnace.  Grateful for heat. 
• Jax’s cute face when I woke up this morning. 
• Skeeter finding his place again on the top of the house.  Loves the heat that comes out of the register there.
• People who love me and who I love.
• That I can come back and post here and see so many wonderful post.
• Sobriety and not smoking.  I saw a fellow employee get pretty drunk the other night.  Happy it was not me.
• God.
• Just 5 more days till I go to Via De Cristo.  Yayyyyy!!!

• Enjoying reading my Bible, A.A. Big Book, Our Daily Bread and other prayer books I have. 
• God woke me up today, can it get any better?
• My son and my pets.
• Being able to watch a Vikings game last night with my son in the comfort of our living room.
• The temps are getting cooler but I have yet to turn my furnace on.  Grateful for comfy hoodies and socks.
• The mixes of weather.  Sun, cloudy, rain, hail and back to sunny yesterday afternoon.  You get a nice mix in the Northland. 
• Being able to sleep in a little more this morning and not feeling guilty about it.
• Remaining sober and nicotine free another day.
• Going back to an alcoholism recovery chat room I had not been to in awhile and recognizing some people still there.  It works if you work it!
• Having the house to myself most of the day.  Love my son but sometimes some alone time is good.  He feels the same way when I am gone. 
• Life.  It can be pretty darned wonderful

•  A great church service.  Pastor Josh ROCKS!
•  Great friends at church.  
•  Dreaming of Via De Cristo in just 18 days. :) 
•  My son getting the air conditioner out.  Thank you Justin!
•  Good food.
•  Sober another day and not smoking.
•  Start of a new work week tomorrow.  The weekend went by quickly but I am   grateful  for employment.  
•  Enjoyable moments this weekend when I really felt like I was healing. 
•  Peace.  
•  God.