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Being Thankful

Today I am feeling very grateful and thankful.  My husband was diagnosed with being gluten intolerant 2 years ago now.  It makes holidays a challenge.  As we can't eat wheat/flour etc.  My husband being the genius that he is has found alternate flours etc that don't make him sick.  We made a shrimp pasta salad, cornbread stuffing, and cranberry sauce out of real cranberries.  All items are gluten free and sugar free.  I am so grateful that my hubby was/has been able to find alternate recipes, IMHO are better than anything with wheat/gluten/sugar.  He is amazing.  I am also grateful for family, both Rob and our extended family.  His brother Jim invited us over for Turkey Day, and we are about to head out there in a few minutes.  I am grateful/thankful that I am still here and that I have been able to find counselor who 'gets' me and has helped me so much on my journey to recovery.  For those who are newer readers, in August I overdosed on sleeping pills, much to my hubby's dismay (as one pill knocks him on his butt) I didn't even fall asleep with the amount of pills I took, they just made me a little loopy.  I am grateful that I didn't die and even more grateful that I was/have been able to get my Bipolar Disorder under control.

I am grateful for my sister Lara who is letting us so graciously move into her house.....we are moving a week from Saturday....and yes it is terrifying, exciting, exhilarating all at the same time.  I am so excited, she is allowing us to fix up the place in exchange for a couple months rent.  We can finally have a place to truly call 'home'. Yes she has a neighbor to the west of her that's a pain in the rump, but I don't think she will give us much trouble once she has dealt with Rob a time or two, lol.  He certainly has a 'presence' about him that can be very intimidating.  I am going to go to church for the full 3 hours on Sunday with my sister Lara so I can meet more people in her ward/congregation.

I am grateful for my sister Jen, she has been my sponsor through all of this, she has called me EVERY day since my hospitalization....okay except yesterday....I think she's still hurt/upset about the whole misunderstanding.  I hope and pray that she will be able to get through it and we can be friends again.

I am grateful for my husband Rob who has been my rock, my strength and my support through all of this, he has been so patient, even when I didn't deserve it.  He is truly amazing and the best man I have ever known, I couldn't have wished for a better husband. I truly am blessed that he has stuck by me through thick and thin, for better or for worse......the past 2 years were the worst, and I am so sorry that I have put him through that.  But am grateful that we are growing closer together now.

I am thankful for my critters, they keep me entertained and they know when I need extra loves.

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