GRATEFUL FOR BEING BACK

I am grateful to the Almighty because I am back!!!!!

I am free to be me and I am loving each and every moment.

No more stomach aches.

No more fear.

I have time to appreciate the world and all it offers.

Yesterday I practiced yoga,  went to therapy, had an appointment with Dom where we are creating a CD annuity and then had a wonderful dinner with Dennis who will be my friend forever.

I spoke to John too.

I'm back and I'm grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR MORNING STILLNESS

I am grateful to the Almighty for the morning stillness.

Gone is the feeling of not being safe and the strategies to maintain safety.

There is peace in the morning and throughout the entire day.  Chores are getting done and there is time for play.  Yesterday I practiced yoga, had a lunch date with Doris and Zita, bought a coffee pot, went to the jewelry stores to create new pieces out of old ones like a new life, and read and watched television.

Life is peaceful and still thanks to the Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR NEW DREAMS

I am grateful to the Almighty for all the new dreams and possibilities in my new life.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR BEING ME

 I am grateful to the Almighty because He has helped me to be myself.

I didn't change but since there is no one to abuse me I can have joy in every spect of my life whether it's chores or just pure fun.   Yesterday I cleaned the entire house and took the dog for a grooming.  I got coffee at Starbucks.  I texted.  I read.  I was joyful.

I was at peace.

I am grateful to the Almighty for this.

Thank you.

GRATEFUL FOR LAUGHING

I am grateful to the Almighty because I have begun to laugh again.  I am enjoying life.

Yesterday I went to services and sat with my friends at the dedication service of a chair lift that will allow me and others like me to get to the second floor of the building without climbing stairs.


Last night my boyfriend Jay came over.  He brought Matzah a squeaky bottle of bear, a bone cookie an a card.  I received flowers, a lovely card and a wonderful bear.  We laughed and joked all evening.I took him to Morrison's and we had a wonderful time.   

I am grateful for laughter in my life.

Thank you Almighty.

GRATEFUL FOR THE ABSENCE OF FEAR

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has taken "FEAR" out of my life.

It is not that I am totally unafraid.

However, since my abusers are deceased, the concept of keeping myself safe in my own home and strategies for survival in my own home have disappeared as have the butterflies in my stomach.

Yesterday my new kitchen set arrived and I purchased a yoga lady to place at the middle of the table between my yoga mugs.  I also bought place mats for the table.

As I ate my Sabbath dinner I looked at a new chair and table and felt joy and peace and the absence of fear.

Thank you Almighty.

I am grateful.

GRATEFUL FOR MY BOYFRIEND

I am grateful to the Almighty because He has sent John Fleitman back into my life.

I am learning about myself from Jay.

I am learning that men can be loving and compassionate from Jay.

Thank you Almighty for sending Jay.

I am grateful.