Thankful in November

CJ Thimble Bright

CJ Thimble Bright

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I started this last year and really enjoyed reading everyone's thankful posts, so I thought I would bring it back for this year.

For each day of the month of November, post something you are thankful for. Large or small, any thankfulness can be acknowledged.

I will start us off....

Day 1:

I am thankful for my amazing husband. There are so many ways in which he has supported me, physically and emotionally, over our 11 years of marriage. But most specifically, this year, I am overwhelmingly thankful that when I lost my position in Washington he gave up his job (a job that he really loved) to make it possible for us to move 2,200 miles across country for me to take a new position in Michigan. He has continually sacrificed during our marriage, in order for me to pursue my career in arts education.
 
I am thankful for these two rascally kittens that are helping me type. I am further grateful that my sister saved them from the gutter and brought them here to me. And additionally thankful to all the people throughout the years that helped teach me how to care for ill animals. Thanks to all, these two kitties will grow up to wreck someone's home on a daily basis!
 
Day 1

I am really thankful for my boyfriend. He has been my rock and has held me steady through many challenges in the year we have been together and for all the happy times too. He has restored my faith in love and relationships by showing me what a good relationship actually is.

He listens and does not judge when I talk about past problems in my life including my childhood abuse, my divorce, emotional abuse from my ex-husband, medical issues, and guilt complex/worry over going to college for 9 years (yes in the process earning 3 degrees but racking up enough student loan debt to have become a doctor). He hugs me and lets me cry on his shoulder when I get mentally exhausted from working, dealing with my depression, anxiety, insomnia, and recently finding out that I have brain aneurysms.

He has always been there for happy times such as my graduation from accelerated nursing school and getting my dream job. He makes me laugh and does not get angry at me the way my ex-husband always did. He always includes me and makes me feel loved and cherished. He loves me and our relationship is one like I have never had and only thought existed in movies or books. We celebrate, love, and work together. He even buys me ponies just because he knows I love them, and I no longer have to shop for my own gifts anymore.

I know I am rambling but it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about how my boyfriend has changed my life since he re-entered my life (knew him from grade school through high school) and how truly thankful I am to have him. He even puts up with my dog and two cats in his small home because he wants me to live with him.

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Thank you CJ for doing this thread as I find people including myself can take wonderful things in our life for granted or forget to be thankful for the good things and dwell on the bad, not to mention Thanksgiving is often overlooked as a blip on the radar between Halloween and Christmas. It can also be forgotten thanks to football and too much food. I hope many enjoy November and can find much for which to be thankful.
 
@nessa16 This was so sweet! I'm so happy you have someone so wonderful to depend upon. I am sorry to hear about your health problems and sincerely hope you can heal and become well.
 
There's a lot I'm thankful for

Running a peaceful home environment for my kids

Thankful every time I hear from my mom

Thankful for honing skills to attract a client base for my custom ponies

Thankful for my ear for music
Both piano and vocal, no one can take these sources of solace from me~ I always have myself to turn to~

I'm thankful for the love I have in my life.
 
Oops! Not a great start to the month, I already forgot a day....

Day 2:

I am thankful my husband found a new job in Michigan that closely matches his goals for his career. (Now if only it were the 16th so he could start it already...)

Day 3:

I am thankful for my new job, which brought us to Michigan, that has been both challenging and fulfilling in just two months. I have two awesome colleagues that I am becoming friends with, and the students are beginning to open up.
 
I am thankful for the health of my little dog Pinkie Lee. She's 15 years old and right now she's tearing through the house like a pup with kitty Magic. I hope she has many more wonderful years. She's such a good little dog. All the dogs here at the sanctuary are, but she's my special gal.
 
Day 2: I am thankful for my cats. They have recently been moved with me to my boyfriend's house and they are taking to it very well. My female cat **** is 12 and very shy/skittish. She is flourishing here. I don't know if it's because it's a smaller place but she does not hide much here. Anubis is my male cat and he is friendlier here. He still has his attitude but that is him lol. I just wish he would stop chasing ****.

Day 3: I am thankful for my job as an OB RN. I finally have a job that I love and that is a good fit. I can't think of a better specialty to work in for nursing. I also like the people I work with which is a big deal in liking one's job.
 
Day One: So thankful for my DH that spends a lot of time being the most loving, supportive and thoughtful man I could have ever hoped to meet.

Day Two: I am super thankful for any day or even hour in a day that God is so merciful to remove the pain I live in. However short it may be I am always so appreciative as it gives me hope.

Day Three: I am very thankful to have a home, food, a car, pets and the things I need to make my life somewhat better. I often think about people that have none of these things and its such a blessing when you realize you have been well taken care of in spite of the struggles in life.
 
Today I'm thankful to have finally located our new maintenance manager, and he is going to practically redo our bathroom x.x

I've been stressed out over our bathroom for years and our previous manager just had outdated skills.
But with the skills our new one presented, i felt a massive weight off my chest
 
Day 4:

Today I am thankful for a dishwasher! This apartment we ended up in is absolutely lovely, lots of sunlight (when the sun is out), a nice floor plan, the cat loves the staircase. But we have a rather small kitchen, without much counter space at all. The glorious thing about the kitchen is that there is a garbage disposal, which we have been without for two years. However, there is no dishwasher. Meaning the limited counter space we do have gets covered with dirty dishes until we have the time to do a sink of dishes... meaning there is no counter space for food preparation... meaning we were constantly doing dishes. We just purchased a small, portable dishwasher that hooks up to the sink and can roll into the corner when not in use. (Thank you Amazon for the free shipping that you probably lost money on...) We've only had it for a day and the counters are already cleared off! Hooray!
 
Hey I have one of those too @CJFullmer . I love my portable. I live in a very old historical house and there is no place for a dishwasher let alone a full size one. Whooo hoooo for you!!

Day 4: I am thankful that insurance covered my medical expenses up until this point. Even though they no longer are at least I had some coverage.
 
Day 5:

I am thankful that I get to see a beautiful sunrise out my sewing room window every day (that we don't have clouds). A beautiful, bright orange-pink ball of fire, winking through the trees and it climbs into the sky. So beautiful.
 
Day 4: I am thankful for my grandmother. She is always there for me when I need her and is very supportive. She was more of a second mother when I was growing up as she took care of me while my mom worked multiple jobs. She has helped me with college and getting a car that does not break down. She has and still does teach me new things every day I am lucky enough to have her in my life. It's a bonus for me that I hear that I am much like her in looks and attitude (even medical issues lol). The day the world loses that woman will be a day my heart will break. I only hope that my children are lucky enough to have someone like her in their life when I have them if it is not her.

Day 5: I am thankful for my mother. I have always said that I have been lucky that she is my mother and no one else. I was never that kid that did not want my mom around or got mad at her for trivial things. I wanted her there for everything. She has always supported me and helped keep me sane no matter what curve balls I have been thrown from my divorce to medical problems. Unfortunately, the arguments we never had when I was a kid came when I got married to my ex-husband. Planning a wedding that never should have been put a wrench in our relationship for awhile and I am very sorry about that because I love my mother dearly. My kids will have a wonderful grandmother; and I hope that she gets to be what my grandmother was for me. I also hope that I am at least half the mother to my future children she has been for me.
 
Day 1 I am thankful for my family and my friend Good or bad they are there when I need them.

Day 2 I am thankful for my dog and cat. My animals are with me more then anyone else. They help me with my depression and panic.

Day 3 this might sound strange but I am thankful for my toys. It not the amount or impressive of anything like that. It's the fact that from childhood even now I know my toys will not leave me. They won't bully me or forget me. They are always there for a hug and they keep all my personal secrets. They let my cry, yell, cheer or just be silent when others would yell back or tell me to shut up. They don't judge me on what I wear look like and act. So yeah my toys are very very important and I am thankful to have my silent friends who are always just a arm length away.

Day 5 I am thankful for the MLP trading post. I have never been apart of a community that so excepting and supportive. This is a great place and considering I rarely socialize with non family or very closes friends this is saying a lot.
 
Day 5 I am so thankful I was able to get out of the house a little today. I have been sick all day and it was nice to stroll however slow through the store to get a new rug for the bedroom. This way Vinny has something new to tear apart. LOL
 
Day 6:

I am thankful for the sewing machine my husband bought me more than 9 years ago. It has gotten me through all of the ridiculous projects I have gotten myself into, including costuming 3 full-length ballets, countless other costuming projects, clothing making, pony ornament making, crafting... It just keeps on chugging, with barely a complaint.

Picture of a current project it's helping with. Oh tutus...
 

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Day 6

I am so thankful I heard from my Auntie today after a long period of not hearing from her. She is just so sweet. What a lovely person to have for an Auntie.
 
Day 6 I am thankful for my love of random facts. It's good to know different things and want to keep learning
 
Day 7

I am so thankful for my cat Vinny. He is such a turkey, but at the same time he is so loving and sweet. Every morning he gives me a snuggle and a hug when I wake up. Who can resist his charm? He is manipulating me. LOL
 
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