Hi Edith...that sounds nice.
Novemeber is also Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
So in Memory of my husband i am grateful for:

1. My wonderful children
2. My Precious 1 & only Grandson
3. My home
4. Plenty of food.
5. My sweet pets
6. My family
7. My water well is still working
8. My AC is still hanging on & cooling
9.My Dear son in law lets me drive his truck
10. That God always provides all my needs.
11. My job.
12. That there was once a Me & You

Hello Edith and Lucyd
Thanks for sharing this idea of what to be thankful for, it is hard to be positive when at home alone and not having to carrying that brave face in public.
1. my Fantastic little Granddaughter
2. my Wonderful Daughter (my son wife)
3. my three boys
4. Our House we both love
5. Our cottage we both love
6. Having had so many wonderful times with my lovely Wife
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10. Have a good Job, just hard to care about it now that she is gone...

Well I will keep working on this list later.... I do notice that working is good for us, just like keeping up with daily stuff, just not at top of list of things that make us Happy...
So yes thank you as I will work on this list this month....
Chinaguy

Being thankful for our blessings is a wonderful way to focus on good stuff instead of bad. No matter how bad anyone's day may have been, it would be even worse if you ended up in the hospital today. Did you? I didn't. And I'm thankful for that!!!!!

Other things I am so thankful for:
1. My son and daugher-in-law who just left my house after taking down an old fence for me to make way for the new one to be installed Tuesday.
2. My grandson who is the love of my life now, age 6.
3. My dog and cats who love me as I am.
4. My house that is warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
5. My church pastor and friends who are so thoughtful of me.
6. My health (not perfect, but I can still get to the trough!)
7. Reliable vehicle.
8. Born in and living in America.
9. My eyesight which is a real treasure!!
10. My wooded property that I love.

There are many more. I am thankful for early mornings and beautiful sunsets, for the birds, and all wild animals that wander in or over my property!

Wow! I feel better already!!!!

Attitude of Gratitude is a wonderful way of finding happiness.
I am so grateful to have a daughter, SIL, son, DIL, and two beautifil granddaughters. One graduates HS in June and starts college in the fall.
A wonderful man who loves me
A dog who is with me in good times or bad
A warm home filled with all I need
A church family and many friends old and new
My health is better than others I pray for
And most important I have a strong faith that whatever happens there is one above that has a plan for good.

I began doing this on FB the other day because others were doing it and I thought what better way to deal with the grief and dark days than to find at least one thing each day to be thankful for. This is what I have so..:
1~ I am thankful for being able to move out of the trailer we lived in that was falling apart to a place to a nice place with much better living conditions.
2~All of our kids, Richard, Danny, Michelle, Charlene, Tobias, Rebecca, Olivia, Shelby, and Paula. Three of which are not our biological children but we felt like they were and still are.
3~ For friends who come by the just swap howdys!!
4~ For living on this side if the Navasota River again. I am home!

Each day I will add to this list. I like this.

When I was at my lowest point, my daughter made me make a grateful list. There was more to put on it than I thought.
1. My grandchildren and daughter
2. My 2 step-sons who still consider me Mom
3. Very close and loving friends, including those I have met on DS.
4. A nice apt.
5. My cat Moofa who loves me in spite of myself
6. A working car that also has sentimental value
7. Just enough money to keep the bills paid if nothing else.
8. Learning to be independent and also to not be afraid to speak up for myself.
9. Most importantly, a wonderful husband who left too soon but taught me true love.

What a wonderful idea, Edith. Here goes:

I am grateful for:
1, My wonderful daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter
2. My DS friends who supported/support me through one of the worst crises of my life
3. Knowing what true love feels like and my dearest Darrell who taught me that
4. Sunshine, rain and growing things
5. The (Pacific) Ocean within arms' reach
6. Good health
7. Ample food
8. A comfortable home
9. Living in a breathtakingly beautiful area, surrounded by Nature
10. My computer and the internet which help me keep in touch with the rest of the world
11. My telephone which also helps me keep in touch with the rest of the world
12. Being an American and allowed so many freedoms and those who dedicate their time and lives to ensure me those freedoms
13. Just being

Hugs,
Terry

13. I forgot to add I am grateful for this site. I can come on and share feelings that I can't share with anyone else. Thank You

Not too long ago I wrote in my journal that I was reading a book called 1000 Gifts. In this book the author talks about the word eucharisto. Eucharisto means to be grateful, to be thankful to have life-filling gratitude. I made a list of all that I was thankful for. In part, here is that list

God in my life
Memories of the life I shared with my husband
My family (kids and their spouses, grandkids all eight of them.)
A home that is warm
My job
Good friends
car to get me where I need to go
my health
my little dog Max
DS that allows me to express my feelings and not be judged

I would recommend everyone read this book. 1000 Gifts by Ann Vosskamp.

I have so much to be thankful for, but here is a start. I am thankful for:
1. Our 42 years together
2. The faith that we shared
3. Our children, families and old friends who have stuck by me
4. My new friends I met through Griefshare and our widows/widowers group at church
5. All the folks here at DS, their encouragement and understanding
6. Over 100 letters my dear wife wrote to me before we were married and while I was in the army, that I read over and over
7. New Year's Eve 1990, a turning point in our marriage
8. That our last years were some of our best
9. That when the time came, she simply went to sleep and woke up in Heaven
10. That one day we will have forever...together...

Hi Edith, thank you for posting this thread. In the mist of sadness, there are always many things to be thankful for;
1. Being alive (though I wish my husband were here to share in the joys of life
2. My mother, sons, and daughter in law
3. My true friends
4. God in my life
5. My home and the blessing to have my home standing in light of the hurricane that hit the east coast (Sandy).
6. My three Tuxedo cats
7. The good stable job that I have
8. My special Gilda's club friends ( 5 of us have formed our own loss group)
9. My DS friends
10. My lap top, desk top, and Ipod touch
11. Seeing the moon, stars, sun, and blue sky
12. Have a car
13. My health even with some ailments
14. Grateful that I had the time that I had with my beloved husband Robert

I am thankful for the most 13 wonderful years that I shared with my soulmate before he passed, thankful for our beautiful 7 year old daughter who was a result of our tremendous love for each other - God's precious gift to us in our later life- thankful for my handsome son and beautiful daughter-in-law, my wonderful step children and their families, my brother and his family, my faithful dog Ollie and my 2 loving cats Fuzzy and Max, my lovely apartment, good food, faithful and loving friends, my health and mostly my wonderful God! I have been so blessed in my life even though I have lost many of those I loved dearly to early death. Thanks for posting this - it felt good to be thankful for blessings! Hugs to all! Debbie K.

I am thankful for:
1. The 36.5 years that my husband and I had together. Thankful for my husband who had always made me feel secure and the world always looked better in his eyes.
2. The two beautiful and supportive daughters, their spouses, grand children.
3. Thankful for the friends and my families in Canada.
4. Thankful for the friends on this site.
5. Thankful for the supportive co-workers.
6. Thankful to have a job, medical and dental coverage.
7. Thankful to be able to bring my husband home from overseas to be with the family.