… 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 …. ❤️
4 Comments
Tom Dills
Beautiful sentiments, Monte. We’ve all got much to be thankful for.
Monte Stevens
Thank you and yes we do!! Stay dry out there.
Mark
Thankful for that ticker that keeps on ticking also Monte!
(camera lust – not so much. 🙂 )
Monte Stevens
I believe they told me the new valve would last 15 years, so I got about 11 more years until we get a new one or I move on to another world. Live life today! I agree with the camera lust. I mention it because it is always presented to me in a way that my ego says I that I would be a better photographer with that camera…. And, that is just another lie the manufacturer’s whisper in my ear. Practice makes me a better photographer.