Thankful

Today I am thankful for 

• central heating
• good food
• no dialysis
• my family 
• contact with family I didn't know
• God's word - sharper than a two edged sword 
• my laptop
• jamas
• answered prayer 
• my friends
• my kidneys working at 18%
• my patchwork quilt
• my beautiful new button clock
• my phone
• Being cancer free as far as I know 
• Papageno 
• my husband who loves me
• my family tree - fitting together 
• candles and twinkly lights

 I have just looked back over my posts for the last few weeks and realised that I have hardly mentioned being ill. Just a few comments but mostly they are full of other things. Looking back a year my posts were full of hospitals and illness. I was still going for regular check ups and my arm was causing lots of problems. I wrote

'What will you do now with the gift of your left life? '

 

a  line from Carol Ann Duffy's poetry. I think I am getting it - I am using my 'left life' and trying to make each day count, trying to live it to the full, taking every opportunity and loving it. I still have to remember to take time out to stop and rest otherwise my body tells me I have done too much, but I can push myself a bit more now and that is ok. I am more settled in my new normal and feel like I fit. Life is good and I am thankful.