1. I am grateful I have a place to come and blog at my leisure. When I am angry, when I am ecstatic, when I am heartbroken or elated, I can come to spark and share where I am keeping myself in my healthy column and away from the "sick" tally sheet. Thanks sparkguy!

2. I am grateful at least in this realm, I don't have to have all the answers right now. I have friends here who support me and know that I am doing the best I can and they do not judge.

3. I am grateful for the body that I have built over the past 10 years that can run a 5k and still get up and function the next day.

4. I am grateful that after years of practice, I have learned to hear what my body needs. My mind body connection has been strengthened through attentive listening and I know what I need most times.

5. I am grateful that when I hear my body ask for something, I recognize that I make a choice when I listen to it.

6. I am grateful that I have a roof over my head, clothes on my back, a job to come to that satisfies my intellectual needs, and a rewarding personal life.

7. I am grateful that I am in a healthy place, where I can honor my needs not above others necessarily, but right up there as just as important and I don't need to sacrifice self anymore.

8. I am grateful for the restorative powers of chocolate!

9. I am grateful for those mornings that I can lay in bed and come awake at my bodies response to the dawn, and lay there after a big stretch knowing that I don't have to rush off to work! I LOVE a cozy lazy snuggle.

10. I am grateful for my coworkers who make coming to work so rewarding. They make my long workdays a real pleasure.

11. I am grateful that somedays things fall into place. Somedays someone says just the right thing at the right moment to give you exactly what you need. I am grateful for serendipity!

12. I am grateful I am an organized person!

13. I am grateful that there are many times I have had to learn the hard way. Those lessons are the ones I never forget!

14. I am grateful for change. As uncomfortable as it may be, without change, we'd have no butterflies!

15. I am grateful for moments that are fleeting and so precious we wish we could capture them in a bottle. The feelings that come with these moments as memorable as they are can only be shadows of the event when we look back, and yet I'm grateful!

16. I am grateful for the resources I have in my life to help guide the decisions I make EACH DAY!

17. I am grateful for PTO!!

18. I am grateful for my ability to adapt to technology!

19. I am grateful to be a life long learner!

20. I am grateful for my eyesight that allows me to watch my children grow, enjoy a good book and watch some eye candy when that book is made into a movie!

21. I am grateful for making it a priority to offer priority time to my kids. I chose not only to have kids, but to be a parent...there is a difference.

22. I am grateful that after a tough weekend of eating poorly, I now have the wisdom to learn from my mistakes quickly and with less guilt!

23. I am grateful that I can learn from my parents and offer my kids some of the same experiences as children without focusing on the bitterness.

24. I am grateful for TV to distract me while I workout!

25. I am grateful for the friends that I have that support me unconditionally!

26. I am grateful for Pecan Pie! Yum!

27. I am grateful for the interruption in routine that the holidays bring, a time to reflect and think about what's really important!

28. I grateful for payday!

29. I am grateful for the opportunity to make plans, think about options, and the power I have to make choices that I can live with!

30. I am grateful for recovery in all it's forms!