i am happy for my two wonderful children, their spouses, and six wonderful grandsons, and twin boys on the way!
i am happy for my cats that love me whenever and no matter what.
i am happy for my gardens that i managed to still keep up again this years.
i am happy for all of you and all your ideas and good advice and your never ceasing way of always being here to support each other.
i am happy i met sue here who has lived so much the same life as i have that it is scarey and yet wonderfully comforting.
love, joan

wow joan,
These things too I am thankful for. But I have only one son married with a grandson.
Di

HI DI,
aren't grandchildren the best???? i adore mine and can't wait for the twins to be born!! mine are 19,17,15,14,7,5 and two on the way!!!!!! joy!
joan

We all have those Grandkids to keep us going don't we.

Dustin and Devin just left here. Dustin's birthday is Saturday and he is planning a swimming party. He will be 14 and Devin will be 13 in Oct.

Joan, 8 grandkids. That's great. I love babies. I would love to have some babies that little too. Yo are truely blessed. Oh by the way, are they spoiled. LOL

Ada

I was getting dinner ready before I came on here and I was thinking to myself, what a bad week I had. The 2 falls, losing my house, but then I thought of so much that I have.
Iam thankful for my husband. My 3 daughters. My 5 wonderful and cute grandkids.
Iam thankful that even though things seem bad, we have stuck together.
Iam thankful that I have found all of you.
Iam thankful that I have come to terms with my sister, she'll never change, she has a house, she,s healthy but, things matter too much. I love her very much and hope she finds happiness some day.
And last but not least, Iam thankful for Joan. She knows what my life has been like from the start and I know I have found a good friend.

Sue K.

Thank you sue ... right back at ya Sue!
and Ada, i do have to say, no i do not spoil the kids at all except with love. i play lots of games, and give them tons of time, and i never yell, but i am a stickler for kindness and politeness. so no ... no spoiling!
can't wait to read more "i'm happy for ...." from others.
love, joan

Dustin and Devin aren't too spoiled either. Like you those two get all the love they need. I can remember laying in bed with Dustin when he was about 4 and he said, " You know Grandma, I wish every kid were loved like we are. I thought at 4 he'd already noticed things.

I'm very proud of those two. They both made the honor roll this year. Their soccer team took 1st place in their division but only losing 1 game. They both are in football and the coaches come looking for them to play if they don't join the team. One of my nurses' husband is one of the soccer coaches and he coached them for years and then Devin wanted to do football and they coincided and Dustin ended up on the city soccer team for some reason. Last year Cindy ask me if I could get them to be back on their team and Susan and I got them to do it. They both said they were already done with soccer and that they wanted to do football but they did both. The have the greatest step-dad and I'm very happy with him being there for them.

Those two keep me going. They trust me and they talk to me about everything. They trust me. Their step-dad taught them that thank you and welcome thing. They are very polite to people. I agree. They need all of that more then anything.

Sue and Jeanie, I am glad you wanted to come here and tell us what the good is in your life. We need to keep that in focus, don't we. That's what keeps us going.

Ada

for all the encouragement that I found on this board That I have somewhere to go to vent and I know others will understand, without judgement or thinking I may have a "screw loose" somewhere

I am thankful for my crazy family, my husband, three kids , four grandkids and my big bone beagle (read fat) , plus my restaurant cat. For friends that have made me laugh and sometimes cry, but remained friends for a lifetime. And they did not have to be my friends, we chose each other as family. Unlike my own family that didn't get to chose and wanted at times to trade me.

I am thankful for the ten years I had to own my own beautiful restaurant, and for all the great customers we had. I am thankful that God gave me the gift of cooking and that I was able to share that gift with so many people over the past ten years. And I am very thankful none of my food made anyone sick LOL!!

I am thankful that I have a medical Dr. that has made me feel like life is still worth living. And for my faith that has helped get me where I am today. And for all my angels on the other side that watch over me-keep up the good work I am thankful that I have enough to share with others, one of the great joys of my life is sharing.

And on days when everthing hurts I am thankful that I can READ- thanks to all my teachers-I love to read!! Reading makes the worse day better!! And as you read this please know once again I am thankful for each of you. This is the BEST board on the net Carose

i am thankful for carose. she is a wonderful caring person..and i'm blessed to call her my friend.