Thanksgiving is just a couple of days away at this point. It’s hard to believe that this year is almost over! Despite everything this year (losing my job and my health issues, for the most part), I’m thankful for many things.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for my Husband, who loves and cares for me no matter what.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for my extended family, which expanded even further when my brother got married earlier this month. (And I’m thankful that I was able to marry them!)<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for my friends, especially the friends-as-family, and the new ones we’ve been making up here in Vermont.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for the mountains, for the changing of the seasons, for watching the sun rise and set and change its place in the sky. I’m thankful for the peace and quiet of our mountain retreat.<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for my health, such as it is, since it could always be worse. And it has been, so I’m grateful it’s not now.<\/p>\n
I still need to find a job, but I’m thankful that between severance and unemployment, it’s not really been an issue till now. And I’m thankful that I’m starting to feel better, so I can actually feel ok about getting a job!<\/p>\n
I’m thankful that I’ve already got a lot of the skills and knowledge I need to find a job. The motivation has been the harder part. Feeling better helps. Liking my office more helps. (Yay purple paint!)<\/p>\n
I’m thankful for all the love in my life, that embraces me every day, that lifts me up and holds me tight. And I’m oh so very thankful for the love of my life, the one with whom I feel complete, the Husband who holds my heart and my hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thanksgiving is just a couple of days away at this point. It’s hard to believe that this year is almost over! Despite everything this year (losing my job and my health issues, for the most part), I’m thankful for many things. I’m thankful for my Husband, who loves and cares for me no matter what. I’m thankful for my extended family, which expanded even further when my brother got married earlier this month. (And I’m thankful that I was able to marry them!) I’m thankful for my friends, especially the friends-as-family, and the new ones we’ve been making up here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dementedbetty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}