It sits on the dining table, so Mum will see it when she feeds us dinner.
Because Mum hasn't really been able to drink for several years, we decided to use an empty scotch 'box', as the jar. It's her way to 'have a scotch' in the afternoons.
Some days, finding something to be grateful for can be a bit challenging. Some days, we get bad news, or I have a bad day. But, we're going to write something down for each day, and, in December, we can celebrate our year. It'll be fun to look back on and remember the little things that made us smile. We're always been pretty good at chasing silver linings and looking for rainbows. When the doctors broke our hearts with the 'Brain Damage' day, we knew we could start therapies right away, and that was our first real silver lining. I was born too early... so, there was extra time to love me. Another silver lining. I had a vision impairment... we could start on helping me learn to see. With Cortical Vision Impairment, vision might be able to be 'taught and improved' up until the age of eight. And cancer.... well, it was hepatoblastoma, not neuroblastoma. Surgeries, pneumonia, daily life with cerebral palsy... |
So, our Grateful Jar.
It has something for every day of 2015, so far.
Some days, we've really had to think about what to write, but we've always found something.
What are you grateful for, today?
Dexter's 2013
Dexter's Vision
Dexter's Cerebral Palsy
Dexter's Cancer
Who is Dexter?
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