35 Years, 35 Thanks

Today I can officially mark the "35 and older" box. In no certain order, here are 35 things I'm grateful for today:
1. God choosing to create me
2. God's mercy in not giving me what I deserve.
3. God's grace in giving me what I don't deserve.
4. Freedom from alcohol
5. Raul
6. My parents raising me in a God-home
7. 36 years of marriage for my ma & dad.
8. Every time I've walked away from pneumonia in the hospital.
9. God sparing us from hurricanes.
10. Green trees, blue oceans, bright sunshines.
11. Running water, a roof and electricity
12. Raul and me not divorcing in 1999.
13. Safe pregnancies, safe deliveries, healthy boys.
14. Troy and Stephanie
15. Betty - my Christian psychologist
16. Flamingo Road Church
17. FRC Staff (but Family is more like it!)
18. Jason & Jamie marrying godly women.
19. Our country
20. seeing, tasting, hearing, smelling, touching.
21. 24-hr access to God.
22. Ecclesiastes, Nehemiah and Luke
23. Keri and Liana - friends for over 20 years.
24. Brett and Christy, leading me back to church
25. The marriages I've seen God save at Flamingo.
26. God's gifts to communicate, write & create
27. My family's health
28. The neighbors God allows me to love.
29. Miracles within Lili, Jenn, Clara and Jackie
30. Seeing life change & seeing baptisms.
31. That I'll be able to sing in heaven forever
32. Being in the Gospel Choir last Easter
33. Don and Mary Nash
34. Olivia, Holly and Christy's healthy deliveries & babies
35. The beginning of a new day.