A day to celebrate with gratitude

 

Today, February 2nd, marks two years since my second PE, pulmonary embolism - an event that took me through months of recovery, complications, hospitalization, and two surgeries after finding cancer in my thyroid. ((I know! Weird, right??)) This year, I decided to celebrate it.  After the first PE in October, 2020 I chalked it up to the pandemic 'c' word I'd rather not use.  But a second episode puts things into even more perspective.  

I've also been wanting to make a post of the 'One hundred days of Gratitude' from facebook I did last summer and fall.  What better day to combine both themes and summarize my one-hundred day gratitude list.  So let's jump in!

*Day 1 - August 15     Life! 

* The Holy Roman Catholic Church

*  Our Sunday night dinners

*  Monday morning coffee  

*  Sister night dinners

*  1 year cancer free!

*  Terra Dulcis (our family home)

*  Crochet

*  Family, the family I came from; the family I've made with Tommy

*  The 'cool' front after hot summer days

*  Friends

*  Feeding the birds

*  Baby giggles

*  Porch sittin'

*  Laughing with Tommy

*  Family BBQ

*  End of August  (my least favorite month!)

*  the 'ber' months  (Sept 1st)

*  Crock pot meals

*  blowing bubbles with grandbaby

* our simple country life

*  prayers for Melania

*  Melania's sweet smile

*  This 👉

Holy Cross Church 

* the Holy Name of Jesus

* watching the construction vehicles with grandbaby as they were working on our road

*  Dinner with family

*  in memory of Charlie Kirk and 9/11

*  Tears and prayer

* Gregorian Chant

* Freedom and those who protect it

* Feast days and pot lucks

* No surgery needed (for my son's knee injury)

* Unconditional sisterly love - to be completely accepted and loved just the way I am.

* Latin

* guilt free treat

* No alarm Saturdays

* celebrating Kastl, a grandson turning one.  He spent his first 3 months in the hospital and had heart surgery shortly after birth.  

* Fall -- the most wonderful time of the year

* Rosary with Romus

* Allie Day, our sweet Allie girl, a black Lab, former Marine, gone 4 years .

* pulling into your own driveway

* Lulu, our doxie, sitting by me

* learning we have family coming to visit!

* our Sunday drive to Mass

* Prayers for Melania's surgery

* Sunrise

* Home cooking

* cousin play date             (and my guardian angel Oct 2)

* Lovey's new home (the parakeet)

* I feel blessed to be an Okie, born and bred

* stillness of morning

* edifying sermons

* light through stained glass

* harvest moon

* finishing a project

* Friday

* slow mornings

* organization!  (to me, it combats chaos, which helps with the peace)

* conversations with dear friends

* seeing change as a good thing

* clean sheets

* thrift days with sisters

* lunch with the gals

* movie girls night at home

* Verbum Dei  (the Word of God)

* solid floor beams    (long story, but iykyk)

* getting stuff done

* sisters who are friends; friends who are like sisters

* baby nap time

* cloudy morning

* birthday - another year of life

* all the good wishes from family and friends

* beautiful fall colors

* out of town family arrived

* knitting 

* "Uh-Oh"  Romus's favorite words

* teaching Sophia to knit and purl

* Marine Ball  ooh-rah

* lost keys found  (my friend's)

* Romus's yogurt mustache

* aerial view of Terra Dulcis - this is pretty cool! 

* oldest and youngest grands together

* a boy and his jeep (my husband)

* Framily

* sunset, bonfires and smores

* a Love that makes saying goodbye so hard

* our travelers arriving home safely

* Veterans and active duty - THANK YOU

* Northern Lights visible in Oklahoma

* Parades and flag waving babies

* Quiet evenings at Terra Dulcis

* Back porch sittin  (sunny spot, comfortable chair, coffee, prayer book --- chef's kiss)

* celebrating Romus - Rowdy Romus and his cowboy themed first birthday.  Yee-haw.

* walking through golden leaves

* prayer for a friend who had a stroke  (she's recovered and doing well!)

* evening rosary with Tommy

* the documentary my two sons made together, has been viewed on PBS!

* having enough

* grateful YOU have taken this journey of gratitude with me. 

Happy Candlemas Day! Feb 2nd, the official last day of the Christmas season.  Many blessings to you. 

kellie