Thankful! Just the tip of my thankfulness!

Thankful!!!
   What am I thankful for??? It's hard to put into words isn't it? I mean at first you just want to say...I am thankful for, family, friends, good health, plenty of food, a job, a roof over my head!! Those are truly things to be thankful for, and am I ever!! 
But for more than just the usual off the cuff reason. I don't mean that we are shallow when we say those things, because I believe most of us are really thankful for those things. I for one am glad we have a day set aside to remind me of what I do have and be thankful for it! Like most people I tend to just click along at life forgetting to value and cherish just what you have!
    I have thought some about what I am thankful for this year, and it is a lot, I'll not try to write it all out because well it wouldn't mean much to you, only me. 
   But here is the thing, I have had a lot of changes/challenges in the last handful of years, not unlike many of us do. But what I have learned of late is that I value things more when I have come close to (or at least felt that) I might loose it.
          My health, I won't go on and on, but you never really realize how much you value it & are thankful for it, until you face the possibility of it changing forever. Some of you know just what I am talking about, you have been there, and you count every movement every day, every breath a blessing. Every time I lift the shampoo bottle out of the shower holder, wash my hair, or cut an onion....I am thankful my hand works....oh so thankful!
         My family, so much has happened to us in the last few years, divorces, misunderstandings, loved ones moving, passing away, children moving away, moving in, getting married, relationships I once thought gone slowly beginning to heal. I am thankful I still have both my parents, I am not very good at showing them that, but I am thankful for it. My 83 year old dad, drove alone from Idaho to Ca. to be at Joel's wedding.....I can hardly think on it without tearing up....
          Friendships. this has been harder. We attended a church for over 20 years, and moved to a new one. This, while I fully believe was God calling, was hard in 2 ways. We left friends that we knew and loved like family, so the natural flow of relationship was damaged. Then we are at a church where you know no one.....since that hasn't happened since.......................ever, it was hard for some time.
But we have since made new friends, some lasting, others just in passing. Our old friendships from the past are slowly being renewed. I value them more now. 

I have much more to say on my thankfulness, but am done for the night, I will add more as this week goes on!!

K~