I Am Fortunate Because…

• I am a natural optimist. No matter how far down I go, I know I will rise again.
• I have enough common sense to go to a professional person when I find myself floundering {I am thinking specifically here of the grief counselor I went to who was so helpful when a good friend died suddenly}
• Fred and I basically like the same music. This entry is because he plays classical music through his computer most of the day and I really enjoy it.
• my sons are both good men making their own livings and there for me when I need them.
• I feel I have a very special and strong relationship with the younger one. This is because largely I brought him up alone {every-second-weekend father}, but also because “the geek kid” as I call him with affection, is a very special, kind and loving human.
• I am having a high energy day today so far which means as well as laundry, it is possible I may get in two walks. {One is taken for granted!}
• I have a good adult-to-adult loving relationship with my only sister.
• my landlords are very nice people who let me use their hot water, electricity and washer and dryer every Monday. {Short pause here to go downstairs and put a load in the dryer and a new load in the washer!}
• against all odds {he lived in Vermont and I lived in Mississippi} Fred and I found each other. {If you don’t know how this happened and are interested, go to my front page and look for the chapter called “How Fred and I met”}
• I have an IPod. Yes, really! This wondeful gadget makes the daily walks enjoyable.
• I am finding it fairly easy to maintain my weight at 160.
• I live with a person who encourages me in everything I do and who is a cheerleader for every improvement no matter how small.
• I am basically a healthy person and I can deal with the age-related osteoarthritis in my hips with the help of OTC medication.
• I have a doctor who thinks the same way as I do {low doses of medication only if nothing else will work} and who has shown me yoga poses that help me to keep the restricted flexibility in my hips as long as possible.
• the two types of cancer I have had {renal and endometrial} were both treatable. {I have been cancer free for six years from the first and four years from the second.}

Until later…