Gratitude: 192

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Today I am grateful for:

texts from my daughter

Gratitude: 17

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It is another cold day and 

today I am grateful for

the warm, soft and fluffy housecoat

that my daughter gave me for Christmas.

It keeps me warm and NO kidney aches!! :)

Gratitude: 15

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Today I am grateful for

my daughter

whose help I appreciate

Crocheting for Christmas

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I am crocheting

gifts for Christmas

and as I crochet

I remember

the grandmother

who taught me to

crochet flowers

somewhere

locked away in a bin

is the bedspread she made me

crocheted by hand

made with love

all the more special

because I understood the WORK

she put into it

and somewhere a pillow

made by my own hand

to match

but more

the gift...

the GIFT

of not only a skill I could master

but a talent I could cherish

and for you, grandma

I am grateful

then I also remember

the other grandmother

my nanny

who always made us

socks and mittens

for Christmas

even while the arthritis

in her hands

made it difficult

and before she had to stop

she would knit

and I never could figure out how

to knit

but my mother knows

 I am struck

by the passage of time

and the loss 

of so much

and I wish

that my daughter

wanted to learn

to crochet

but maybe

just maybe

I will be the grandma

who teaches her own

grand daughter

to crochet flowers

or toys

or something else

I HOPE

Daughter

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beautiful

pink and rosy baby

and right away

she smiled at me

she heard the sound of my voice

and smiled

and she was

independent

saucy

strong

and still is all that

and much more

I am proud of her

of her courage

of her ability

to recognize

and embrace

her own faults 

and imperfections

and still

embrace

who she is

still have fierce

independence and

strength

and a willingness to grow

and change

she is brave

and strong

she is beautiful

she is my daughter