Grateful and Thankful

Man its cold outside and the wind has been blowing all day. Surprisingly Jen told me to turn the heat on but I am glad she did. I have been freezing all day but I have tried to complain less about it. Cinder and Bella must think its cold outside cos they go to the bathroom and come right back in. And according to the weather report its only supposed to get colder. Apparently the temperature lately has been a record low. Normally I believe its still warm or semi warm arond this time of the year. I hate the cold weather so obviously Winter isn't my favorite time of the year. But, Christmas is one of my favorite holidays. Its such a happy time of the year spent with family, friends and loved ones. But we must also be thankful and grateful during the holiday season and realize we have it better than some people do. I am grateful for my family, my job, my health and all that God has provided me and continues to provide me with. God is good and life is great. I am grateful for all things even the simple things in life. I am grateful I have shoes to wear and a warm coat to wear in the Winter. I am grateful I still have my parents and Grandpa and my sister and niece. I am grateful to have such a sweet, loving, caring, sympathetic girl like Jen in my life whom loves me and treats me good and doesn't judge me. I am lucky I found her, we have been together since 25 Dec 2010 and still going strong. We have had our fair share of ups and downs but we have made it through and are still together. I am grateful for everything my parents have done and still do for me. And I am grateful and thankful for the sacrifices my parents made when I was growing up. I am thankful that I finally found my dad's family and now he knows his sister and brother and knows more about his father and where he came from. I am thankful that Jehovah God has given me Uncle Hank and Aunt Marcy and Aunt Erika and Uncle Paul and Cousin Will and Cousin Mike and Cousin Sandy and Cousin Sherry and Cousin Paula and Cousin Chris. I am thankful that I have foind my Aunts, Uncles and Cousins who I can relate to, who are a lot like me, who do not judge me. I am thankful and grateful for my family. I love them all. I am grateful for my babies Cinder and Bella and Zeus whom love me unconditionally and whom are my companions and I absolutely adore and love so much. I can't imagine my life without them. I am grateful to have a neice whom acts so much like me and reminds me of myself as a kid. I love my Niece Kaylee and I love my sister who is always there for me and has always been there most of the time. I am grateful to have a roof over my head and a warm, cozy, soft bed to sleep in. There are a lot of people out therr who aren't as lucky and do not have simple things like that. Be grateful and thankful for things like that because there are a lot of homeless people in this world and I bet they would give anything to sleep in a warm, soft bed under the roof of a warm house for at least one night. I am thankful and grateful to the Veterans who fought bravely and still fight bravely for our freedoms and to keep us safe. I am grateful and thankful to them even though I don't believe really in War and I think they shouldn't be sent overseas to die. But they are heros in my book and they are courageous and brave and very unselfish. I am thankful for all the wonderful things Jehovah God provides for me. Yes I say Jehovah God because well he is who I have really always known because I grew up a Jehovah Witness and even though I stopped going to the kingdom hall a long time ago I still in a way act like a Jehovah Witness and have the heart of one as well. Mom told me one time that I had a heart of a witness even though I don't attend meetings anymore. The way I act is the result of the way I was raised and my parents did a good job raising me considering I was a hard child to raise being ADHD mostly and having behaviorial problems. But the kindheartedness, unselfishness and giving to others comes from the way I was raised. My parents always taught me to be grateful and thankful for what I have and for what I am given. Growing up when I was a kid a lot of the other kids didn't have what my sister and I had. I remember one thing specifically about my childhood and so does my Mom and that being that I felt sorry for some of the kids in the neighborhood and I used to give my toys to them. Mom had to tell me to stop giving my toys away, she said I know you feel sorry for them and are trying to be nice but you can't keep giving your toys away. Speaking of toys, next month is November obviously but what that means is that in the month of November at work we do Operation Christmas Child. If you don't know what that is what we do is get shoeboxes together and stuff each shoebox with school supplies, toys, socks, beanies anything really except for food and after we stuff shoeboxes they are picked up from our store and then shipped off to another country to a boy or girl and each child geta their own shoebox for Christmas. They are sent to children in other countries because those kids don't have anyone to give them anything for Christmas because they are underpriviledged and their parents can barely afford food as it is. Plus those kids over there only have Operation Christmas Child, kids in the America have the Salvation Army, Angel Tree, the Goodwill and many other organizations that provide them with Christmas presents. It feela good stuffing those shoeboxes and realizing that we're going to put a smile on a child's face and that they are going to have a good Christmas. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and I like bringing joy to others. Christmas isn't very far away so I need to start buying Christmas gifts but I haven't begun to start shopping. Anyways I didn't realize how long I had bern sitting here writing, I have to go to bed cos I got to work tomorrow.