Four years ago today

… I had my heart surgery, where they replaced my aortic valve. So, I thought I’d share my gratitude list with you today as it follows the theme of my last posting: 

• Thankful for a healthy heart and it’s as full as it is 
• Thankful for time with family and friends
• Thankful for the opportunity to enjoy the things that have become such a gift in my life such as time with nature, photography, blogging, conversations with family and friends
• Thankful for my prayer and meditation times
• Thankful for my journals, fountain pens and the words I uncover with them
• Thankful I can experience and enjoy each new sunrise and sunset
• Thankful for another day to venture into a coffee shop to visit my favorite baristas
• Thankful for the chance to read poetry, which I’d never done before
• Thankful for the chance to try my hand at poetry, haiku
• Thankful for the chance to create more of my photo books to share my photography and my words
• Thankful for my home and the remodeling this past year
• Thankful for blueberries in my Irish Oats 😂
• Thankful for DQ Blizzards 😂
• Thankful for my camera upgrade 2 years ago and a lust for the next upgrade 😂
• Thankful that what I have is enough and in all honesty do not need anything more than what is already in my life
• Thankful that there are still those who embrace love, compassion, serenity, joy, hope, peace and …. ❤️