Birthday Gratitude List

This is the third blog post I’ve started for today. I aborted the other two when they started going in a direction I did not want them to go. I really do think there is a value to “confession” and “unburdening” with it comes to uncover, discover, discard and at the same time I know that “what you feed, grows.” So tonight, now having scrolled through hundreds of well wishes on my Facebook page from some of the nicest people in the world, I want to focus on gratitude.

So in celebration of my 49th birthday, here are 49 things for which I am grateful:

1. my sobriety
2. my sober friends
3. my relationship with my Creator
4. my career
5. my family
6. the rest of my friends
7. a safe place to sleep
8. food to eat
9. CrossFit
10. hope for the future
11. lessons of the past
12. the kindness of strangers
13. my pets
14. my motorcycle
15. my truck
16. that I’m gay
17. that things seem to be changing in a good way for my people
18. for good literature
19. for my love of writing
20. my ancestors
21. America
22. dissenting patriots
23. The New York Yankees
24. Myra Bullington
25. This laptop
26. technology
27. my good health
28. Halloween
29. my friends who have died
30. veterans
31. my indomitable, stubborn will
32. protein shakes
33. floor fans
34. good memories
35. that I don’t smoke
36. Lone Star Sun Dance
37. the art and furniture I own
38. my blog
39. sex
40. my education
41. The Marine Corps
42. people who help other people
43. Research Scientists
44. Some doctors
45. hope for the future
46. Sydney, Willie and Dennis
47. money
48. hot guys
49. and you, for reading this and supporting the process

Happy Birthday to me.

See y’all tomorrow.