So grateful...

  I know it's not Thanksgiving...not even November yet, but I feel I need to say a few things I am SO grateful for.  It's never a bad time to let the ones you love know you love them.

  I am so grateful for my Momma!  For bringing me into this big crazy world.  For doing the best she could as a single mom.  For being there for me whenever I need her.  For always having advice when I have a big or little problem.  For not forcing me to be someone I am not, but instead guiding me along the way as I chose my own path. Whether she agreed with it or not.  I love you Mom!

  I am grateful for the time I did get with my Dad before he passed.  He wasn't the best father, but he was MINE and he tried the best he could to help raise me.  He is where I got my goofy and ditzy side from.  I am grateful for how much he TRULY loved me even if he didn't always know how to show it.  I miss him EVERYDAY!

  I am grateful for my sisters!  They are as opposite as they come, but I love them SO much!  My youngest sis has been through a lot and caused me a lot of heartache.  We have cut ties on many occasions and as much as I have hated it each time it WAS for the best.  I am grateful however that she has now been sober for 1 year!  We now can slowly mend our broken relationship and I am grateful for that.  I love you Jay-Joy!  My Sissy and I were not always around each other and also had a strained relationship.  Now I wouldn't change a single thing about our bond!  She is the person in my family I am closest to.  She has supported me 100% in everything.  She is always just a phone call away and is my best friend!  She means so much to me!  I love you Sissy!!

  Without my husband I don't know what I would do.  He picked me up off the ground and saved me.  I was so lost until I found him.  He is the most AMAZING man I could EVER ask for!  I never thought I would find such a wonderful husband and I can't even begin to say how great of a father he is to our kids!  I am beyond grateful for the man I married!

  My kids keep me breathing everyday!   They are the reason my heart beats!  They make me smile, cry and they make me so proud to be their mom.  They keep me alive!  They are all 3 so different and with them everything that makes life so hard seems worth it.  Gage, Amya and Ashton...you mean the WORLD to me!

  I am SO grateful for all my TRUE friends!  I don't need to name you...you all know who you are.  You have been there in so many troubling times.  So many happy times as well.  Always there to lend an ear or a smile if I need it.  It's really not about quantity when it comes to friends...it is all about quality...and I have some pretty darn FANTASTICAL friends!  I love you all!

  I am also grateful for the family that I do have there for me.  The family that has not let petty things guide them to the dark side of hate.  The ones who are not judgmental and love me for who I am.  Whether we are blood relatives or not thank you for being there for me!  You are family because you love me and mine regardless of mistakes, or decisions you disagree with.  You love me and mine for who we are!

  I am grateful...for so many people and things in life that I just had to let you know how important you are to me!  I love you all!  Thank you for being YOU!