More Thankfulness

There are 30 days in November so here are the next 10 things..

11.  I am thankful for my daughter's sensitive feelings, they sometimes cause many tears, but they also bring many special people into our lives.

12.  I am thankful for my husband's desire to build an ice rink in the back yard, I wouldn't work that hard but I'm willing to make use of it when he does.

13.  I am thankful for the ability to laugh.  Mostly at myself, but anything funny is ok by me.

14.  I am thankful for those around me that think I'm crazy.  I am glad that they want to spend time with me and my children.

15.  I am thankful that I have a washer and dryer my children can sleep through.  If they couldn't, they would not have so many clean clothes.

16.  I am thankful that I get to teach my children to read.

17.  I am thankful that my oldest is reading books I read as a little girl, now I get to read them again.

18.  I am thankful for the opportunity (read Mom watching my children), physical health and monetary ability to play hockey.  In one second, for one hour, my world shrinks to the size of a sheet of ice and I am not a mother, a wife, a maid, a cook, a taxi driver, a social coordinator, a preschool teacher, a second grade teacher, a math tutor, or anything else that requires me to do something for someone else.  I become a goalie and only a goalie, for that hour my only desire is to stop the puck.  It's amazing!!

19.  I am thankful that my mother taught me to sew.  I am not as good at it as I'd like to be, but it is really fun to make things for my daughters, and to share sewing with them.  I can't wait to see them wearing my creations and I love watching them make their own.

20.  I am thankful for the ability to clean my own house and wash my own dishes.  I am always tired of doing it, but I am thankful for the physical health I have that allows me to do it.  I remember when my back was too bad to make my own bed and I am forever thankful that I can now make my bed every day.