Friday November 4, 2011 11:00pm
I've been thinking a lot about the things I am grateful for. The thoughts have been rolling around in my head for a few weeks now. This has been a year of great ups and great downs for me and it all has been a lot on my mind. With this way of thinking lately, I couldn't help but begin to think of the things I am grateful for. 
I have been feeling a bit like Pollyanna, day to day, thinking of what I am grateful for and I knew I had to write it down. But it just seemed a little.... I don't know... simplistic, I guess, writing a page full of things I am grateful for. So I thought I would write down just one major thing everyday that I am grateful for. I am hoping it won't turn into a list of just the things I like....you know "I am grateful for Rocky Road ice cream!"  No, I want it to be something special, something that lights up my day, something that comes along on that particular day and might never happen again. Or may happen daily, or weekly.
Today, I am grateful that my daughter called me. Through all of the pain and heartache we have been going through, I am profoundly grateful she called me to chat. She lights up my day. Through my trying times and triumphant times and my down times, today, the only thing that lit up my day was my daughters phone call.
I've held it in my heart and mind all day, like a little treasure. It is what I will think about as I drift off to sleep and I think it will help me have a little brighter outlook tomorrow.
I am hoping I can be grateful for her phone call again in the future, but if not, for tonight, I am grateful.