Grateful for: the writer's group I resisted joining for so long the four writers who immediately volunteered to be betas access to an inexpensive copying service
I'm grateful for the miracle of modern technology: for my laptop and high speed internet and meetup.com and Zoom, the combination of which allowed me to spend three lovely hours tonight hanging out with an eclectic and interesting group of people, most of whom I've never even met in person. And I'm grateful for the meetup host, who took a chance and started a group to meet people people and bond over a shared interest, and who has become a genuine friend of mine. Pandemic? That's just a speed bump! People still need to connect with each other, and we're finding ways to do so.
Grateful for games and the environments they can put you in. Medieval? Yes! Western? Yes! Sci-fi with classical architecture? Yes! So much of it these days. Grateful for relatives. Grateful for tasty food such as fish or meat with potatoes.
Grateful that I still have time to do things right. Grateful for a good night's sleep. Grateful for lowfat, low-sugar cheesecake doused with strawberry syrup.
I'm grateful to @Steve Rivers for his support when I first joined the forums. His encouragements at that time has motivated me to continue to write. It's not too much to say that I'd probably still be floundering on my first chapter if not for him. In a larger part I'd also like to say I'm grateful to everyone in this forums for their added input into my workshop entries and topics. Every one of you guys has helped develope me into becoming a better writer. So if I ever become famous you'll get your credits due. I wanted to show appreciation for @Xoic for the intellectual discourses we've had. But in particular he has been amazing source of external learning tools. He has helped me learn so much about writing and other aspects and he is one of the most caring and dedicated person I've encountered in the writing process. Who else spams a thread x3, once after the other with bazillion information??? I want to say that I'm grateful for the @big soft moose and his big soft stick which he uses to slap everyone in line. Without him none of these amazing connections I've made would have been possible. Safe to say that he's the batman of this forum and he doesn't get nearly enough credit. So cheers to you lovely mammal and you keep on doing the amazing job you do!
Grateful for the silvery sheen of moonlight reflecting from frozen snow, and the way it looks on the family room floor as I walk through there without switching on the light; and grateful that even though I stumbled over a box hidden in shadows on the floor of the family room, I was able to catch myself against a wall before falling flat on my face. Grateful that my fully vaccinated and boosted daughter (isolating at home) seems to be recovering from the omicron variant that slipped past all her defenses, and that so far my young grandkids seem to be free of the virus. And grateful that I seem to have worked past my writer's block at least enough to have completed a short story.
Gratidudinous about the growl of my finally-fixed snowblower, even though the snow blowback leaves me looking like an Iditorad survivor (or a happy idiot); In a backward way, grateful that my Packers lost last night, because that releases me from obsessively watching the rest of the playoffs; Grateful for a good breakfast in my favorite restaurant, watching out the window as a sparrow picks at the birdfeeder, the sparrow puffed for warmth against 5 degrees Farenheit, me in shirtsleeves (inside).
Grateful to have lived long enough to acquire a lifetime of memories; Grateful for the hard cold crunch of frozen snow on a bright and frigid January day; Grateful for a fridge so full of food we have to move stuff around to make it fit.
Feeling kind of down today, so I'm forcing myself to do this as a reminder that I have it pretty good. Gratitudinous for my health, mostly good. Grateful to have food in the fridge, a decent house, and some money in the bank. Especially grateful for a pair of longtime and wonderful friends.
Grateful I have recovered from COVID Grateful my son and daughter have recovered from COVID Grateful my wife has is almost recovered from COVID
Grateful for walking out back in the early morning and picking tomatoes fresh off the vine, sparkling with dew (the tomatoes, not me) Grateful for waking up from a comfortable safe bed. Grateful for waking up.
Gratitudinous about: 1. Not living in a war zone. 2. Not having to count pennies. 3. Still having time to make it right.
Grateful for the gentle music playing in the background. Grateful for that special friend I've had for 50 years and to whom I can write anything. Grateful for this safe, quiet space.
Grateful for the relatively good health I enjoy, and for getting through life thus far. Grateful for having the woman I married 35 years ago still by my side. Grateful for the two arts I still enjoy: writing and music
Grateful that I don't have to choose between food and utilities. Grateful for timely rain, just enough and no more. Grateful for always having this Forum available whenever I have nothing else to write at the moment.
I liked this post, but I'm pretty sure it belongs over in the "You know you're getting old when..." thread.
Grateful that I re-connected with my sister before she died. Grateful that my sister's last memories (as far as I know) was the one day she was lucid and pain-free, and we took her down to the hospital's garden for a couple hours in the warm Nebraska sun, midst her friends and family, and she felt well enough to laugh and talk. Grateful that she died at home, surrounded by family and close friends, and her rescue dog.
I'm grateful that all my company is gone, I'm not on call, and I don't have to talk to anyone for the rest of the day if I donwanna.
OK, I'm not actually drunk, but I'm definitely a little buzzed and probably couldn't walk in a straight line and typing isn't the easiest thing in the world for me (backspace!) but I just had a perfect night out with my very best friend and we talked and talked about so many super deep personal things and I can't remember the last time I felt so deeply connected to another human being, and I am so grateful for her right now and happy that she exists and I know her. Life is good.
