I am lucky because.....a positive thread

I am feeling lucky because I recently moved to Colorado and it is so beautiful. I am also lucky because my cd is not too bad right now. Now if I could get a job and some insurance I'd be on top of the world, hee hee hee.

I'm lucky because....

I've finally found some relief using the natural route since I'm either allergic or non-responsive to tradtional oral RX used for IBD...

That I'm able to exercises regularly and able to afford to eat healthy and not junk...

That even though I'm 40 my teenaged kids and their friends say that I'm a "hot momma", LOL!!!

That I have 2 beautiful kids, a boy, 14 yrs and a girl 17 yrs and hopefully neither of them will have have IBD or IBS or any other horrible diseases/conditions...

That I have my "potty van" to drive, a roof over my head, a warm cozy bed and food in my gut.


:)

I am very lucky because:

I have a wonderful and caring husband.
I have 3 wonderful and beautiful daughters.
I have 2 wonderful sons-in-law.
I have 2 precious granddaughters.
I have a cute new puppy.
and....I just got finished with my colonoscopy this am!

So much to be thankful for.

I am lucky...

because I can go to school ( I love school)
because of my daugther ( I love her so much)
because of my husband
because of this DD I still can function almost everyday

I don't believe in luck. I am grateful for my genetic heritage and the environment within which I was raised, both of which have provided me with strength, resilience and optimism. I know I will be OK, no matter what life throws my way and no matter how hard I have to work to climb over some of the mountains I've encountered along this journey that is my life.

I am grateful to have a husband that I love and respect, a husband who adores me and who still, even after 35 years, has the capactiy to make me laugh, sometimes through the tears.

I am blessed because:

I have two beautiful daughters and a grand-daughter on the way
I feel God's loving Grace in the wonderfully kind people in my community
I have two good eyes and a heart that leaps for joy whenever I witness God's amazing creations...trees, birds, animals, sunshine etc etc
But mostly I feel blessed to be able to feel and express love

Sounds corny....but gratitude is a choice....and it makes ALL the difference in the world....It's like choosing happiness over darkness. With chronic diseases it is a choice we Must force ourselves to make everyday.
As a nurse I have worked with people who have lost the ability to feel anything but pain, mostly a deep pain of the spirit. It is so important to teach our chidren that life is flawed, it isn't fair, and bad things come our way....but that the good outweighs the bad always, if you leave your mind , heart and spirit open to it. Gratefulness is the best thing we can teach our children and sometimes our neighbors and friends...it is contagious and makes such a wonderful difference in our lives
Thank you HabHockeyFan for this therapeutic thread>
Mary

i am lucky because ....

i have tremendous support from such a wonderful family, i have the best parents in the world and i am glad they are mine

i have a best friend that will tell me when i am being negative, i don't know what i'd do without her

i have two loveable kitties that always make me smile

i have an opportunity to take some time off from working, focus on my disease and also refocus on a lot of things in my life and move ahead stronger than ever before

i am lucky because i could be worse off

This thread is just what I needed today. I had been doing pretty well and feeling like remission might be getting close, then Texas found a class C misdameanor on my criminal background check from 1972 and for now I do not have my nursing license. I felt my livlihood had been taken away. I have been so depressed and we all know that adds to making us sick again which is what happened. I'm sure it will all work out the way it is suppose to but my heart just hasn't been feeling it.
I am grateful my company is continuing to hold on to me while this gets worked out.
I am grateful for my husband who is so supportive.
I am grateful to be alive and not sicker than I am.

having crohns stinks, but im lucky because..
i can threaten to take a crap on my friend's pillow and it actually scares him.
i can sit around all day and get away with it. (for now)
i can clog sewer pipes all by myself.