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ToPleaseHim
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We got a puppy right before the lockdowns started. She’s such a big part of our family and was a wonderful thing to focus on when we were all home all the time.
Acktion
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Strong, patient, understanding, and loyal companions that have continued to stand with me, who didn't turn their back on me when the memory issues make it questionable if I would remember who they were, when hallucinations lay an opaque veneer across reality, and cognitive function has declined so that I often don't understand the... more esoteric conversations.
The leaving of those flighty butterflies who weren't strong enough, patient enough, understanding enough, or loyal enough to have made good companions on the dimming, all but indistinguishable path of my twilight, who could never have had happiness for all the pain inherent in knowing someone like me. Shedding their toxicity has, in many ways, been a boon for my soul.
Good music, good books, questionable movies, and silly games that help me to cling to the plateau of my mental decline by keeping my mind active.
Skeezix, the nineteen-year-old housecat that will hardly come down off the top of the fridge. Smoke, the sixteen-year-old lap cat who delights in sneezing in my face. Daisy the eleven-year-old hundred-pound lap puppy.
Puck Amok... I'll have to think about. It pretty much depends on the day and just what comes into the random numbers that serve in lieu of a brain whether I'm grateful for his two-year-old fuzzy kitten ass or chasing him through the house armed with a spray bottle and a string of invective that can make my old Marine neighbor blush.
And I am grateful for my ghosts. My wife, my parents, friends, family, and lovers who are gone from this plane. Grateful that they were in my life and allowed me to be in theirs until the end.
Some days, I'm not grateful to have woken up. But, I'm always grateful for my love, my friends, and my pets that seem to think I'll get enough sleep when they finally nail the coffin shut and pitch it in the fire.
I'm grateful for my clove smokes that dim the persistent nerve pain, the shelter of a roof over my head, and food to fill my belly (when I deign to dine).
And, I'm grateful for Lit. And... some of its denizens. For giving me a place to come and ramble a bit when I can sit up (and my mind is clear enough to remember THIS password at least since I haven't been able to get into my email or Skype for months now).
I can't remember exactly who said it. Maybe Confuscious. Maybe Buddha. And I may not be getting the quote exactly right. But, as I recall, they said "the pathway to disappointment is paved with desire."
Any road, I've kind of figured that I can sit here and be a miserable, grumpy old curmudgeon full of piss and vinegar because I'm all disappointed in what I've lost, what I don't have anymore. Or I can be grateful that I ever had it at all (what I can still remember), and grateful for what I still do.
Oh, and pineapple. Can't forget the pineapple. Who the fuck puts LIME in coconut?! Pineapple for the win, you crazy fuckers.
The leaving of those flighty butterflies who weren't strong enough, patient enough, understanding enough, or loyal enough to have made good companions on the dimming, all but indistinguishable path of my twilight, who could never have had happiness for all the pain inherent in knowing someone like me. Shedding their toxicity has, in many ways, been a boon for my soul.
Good music, good books, questionable movies, and silly games that help me to cling to the plateau of my mental decline by keeping my mind active.
Skeezix, the nineteen-year-old housecat that will hardly come down off the top of the fridge. Smoke, the sixteen-year-old lap cat who delights in sneezing in my face. Daisy the eleven-year-old hundred-pound lap puppy.
Puck Amok... I'll have to think about. It pretty much depends on the day and just what comes into the random numbers that serve in lieu of a brain whether I'm grateful for his two-year-old fuzzy kitten ass or chasing him through the house armed with a spray bottle and a string of invective that can make my old Marine neighbor blush.
And I am grateful for my ghosts. My wife, my parents, friends, family, and lovers who are gone from this plane. Grateful that they were in my life and allowed me to be in theirs until the end.
Some days, I'm not grateful to have woken up. But, I'm always grateful for my love, my friends, and my pets that seem to think I'll get enough sleep when they finally nail the coffin shut and pitch it in the fire.
I'm grateful for my clove smokes that dim the persistent nerve pain, the shelter of a roof over my head, and food to fill my belly (when I deign to dine).
And, I'm grateful for Lit. And... some of its denizens. For giving me a place to come and ramble a bit when I can sit up (and my mind is clear enough to remember THIS password at least since I haven't been able to get into my email or Skype for months now).
I can't remember exactly who said it. Maybe Confuscious. Maybe Buddha. And I may not be getting the quote exactly right. But, as I recall, they said "the pathway to disappointment is paved with desire."
Any road, I've kind of figured that I can sit here and be a miserable, grumpy old curmudgeon full of piss and vinegar because I'm all disappointed in what I've lost, what I don't have anymore. Or I can be grateful that I ever had it at all (what I can still remember), and grateful for what I still do.
Oh, and pineapple. Can't forget the pineapple. Who the fuck puts LIME in coconut?! Pineapple for the win, you crazy fuckers.
cookiecat
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Awww! Reading answers so far makes me feel hopeful. For the moment atleast!
ToPleaseHim - a puppy! You got a covid puppy.
What a good way to spend time at home.
Aktion - you worry me in general
I how you're ok. Your comment about being grateful for ghosts squeezed my heart. Our spouse are gone and at times I have an ungrateful heart because of it. But it is what it is. A fact we can't change. I will be grateful for his ghost. Memories of us. Grateful I got him for a while.
Anja, you are always so sweet about your stepbrother and your friends. It sounds like you have a good group.
I saw this question on Twitter. What were you grateful for in 2020? I had to really think about the good things that happened this year.
Thanks for sharing yours!
ToPleaseHim - a puppy! You got a covid puppy.
What a good way to spend time at home. Aktion - you worry me in general
I how you're ok. Your comment about being grateful for ghosts squeezed my heart. Our spouse are gone and at times I have an ungrateful heart because of it. But it is what it is. A fact we can't change. I will be grateful for his ghost. Memories of us. Grateful I got him for a while.Anja, you are always so sweet about your stepbrother and your friends. It sounds like you have a good group.
I saw this question on Twitter. What were you grateful for in 2020? I had to really think about the good things that happened this year.
Thanks for sharing yours!
seela
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I'm grateful that after years of struggling and having jobs with a very low pay, in 2020 I finally got my finances sorted. In 2020 I started to make enough money to be able to put aside a significant amount each month and that makes it easier for me to sleep at night.
I'm grateful my personal life hasn't been impacted by the pandemic all that much, except for having to wear a mask in public transport and having to cancel trips I had planned.
I'm grateful I got to hold a pretty unique job for 4 months. I hated the job and it stretched me way too thin, but I'll be forever grateful I got to experience something only few people do and see up close how the pandemic was handled when it first hit us. See the mistakes and the triumphs, see how much work takes place behind the scenes. I think I made a difference in the position I held, too. I was good at it.
Happy things in 2020: getting a sea fortress almost all to myself because all the tourists were gone, learning Welsh, birthday trip to Warsaw in February, slowly but steadily getting over a loss (still a work in progress), the crossword community and participating in a crossword tournament, mushroom picking, winning the pub quiz, a few excellent dinners at great restaurants, seeing a cute little hedgehog family.
I'm grateful my personal life hasn't been impacted by the pandemic all that much, except for having to wear a mask in public transport and having to cancel trips I had planned.
I'm grateful I got to hold a pretty unique job for 4 months. I hated the job and it stretched me way too thin, but I'll be forever grateful I got to experience something only few people do and see up close how the pandemic was handled when it first hit us. See the mistakes and the triumphs, see how much work takes place behind the scenes. I think I made a difference in the position I held, too. I was good at it.
Happy things in 2020: getting a sea fortress almost all to myself because all the tourists were gone, learning Welsh, birthday trip to Warsaw in February, slowly but steadily getting over a loss (still a work in progress), the crossword community and participating in a crossword tournament, mushroom picking, winning the pub quiz, a few excellent dinners at great restaurants, seeing a cute little hedgehog family.
cookiecat
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seela - You always take a minute to post something in the "what made you smile" thread, even for the smallest things (which, are sometimes the best things). Sometimes I have a hard time seeing the small things and taking a minute to enjoy. In a weird but good way, you remind me to take that minute and be happier.
Money stuff is a big deal. Good for you!
ashkitten - are you ok??
Money stuff is a big deal. Good for you!
ashkitten - are you ok??
Nzerxx
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2020 oh 2020
I have much to be gratful for:
Living in New Zealand - a small country and good leadership really does have its uses
Only one BIG lockdown of 2.5 months
nobody I know dying from this horrid disease
The people i have met who have taken time to show me what I miss as painful as that is
Friends that understand me
A knew kitchen!
Thanks Cookie I have been feeling alone this last few days and this is just what I needed for a reset
Mery Christmas!
I have much to be gratful for:
Living in New Zealand - a small country and good leadership really does have its uses
Only one BIG lockdown of 2.5 months
nobody I know dying from this horrid disease
The people i have met who have taken time to show me what I miss as painful as that is
Friends that understand me
A knew kitchen!
Thanks Cookie I have been feeling alone this last few days and this is just what I needed for a reset
Mery Christmas!
cookiecat
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Oh, I'm glad you liked this! I thought the same thing. I needed to stop and think a minute about the good things.
Sounds like you have good things happening!
Merry Christmas.
seela
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I try to post in the smiles thread especially when things are sucky, busy, stressful and I'm having an awful day. It makes everything seem a little more bearable when I find something, even something ridiculously small, that's positive. I'm such a negative and pessimistic, glass almost totally empty type of person that I have to work actively to see something good at times.
It makes me really happy if this makes you notice the little happy things in your life, too.
StrangeView
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Waking up on the right side of the grass.
My friend going home after 3 months in hospital.
All the crazies on here who make it all worth it.
My friend going home after 3 months in hospital.
All the crazies on here who make it all worth it.
gracie920101
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We live a rather solitary life so other than eating out and adjusting shopping hours, I'm grateful we haven't had this year impact our activities that much. It's not been fun but so far I feel we are relatively unscathed.
My heart goes out to the many who have lost so much. I worry about so many just here on Lit that have lost jobs or are overworked in addition to so many more in my daily life.
There are so many things to be grateful for that there's just not enough room in a single post (although Ackton repeatedly tries to prove me wrong
).
Hugs to all because I know all of us can use one these days.
My heart goes out to the many who have lost so much. I worry about so many just here on Lit that have lost jobs or are overworked in addition to so many more in my daily life.
There are so many things to be grateful for that there's just not enough room in a single post (although Ackton repeatedly tries to prove me wrong
).Hugs to all because I know all of us can use one these days.
twister947
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I'm grateful for a physical therapist who is taking a personal interest in my well-being. It is above and beyond what's normally expected.
cookiecat
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on here i'm grateful for the posts of a lot of the regular folks such as Acktion and Bramblethorn and Fara and TAN and yank and cookie and gracie and Meek and Orchidea and seela and Shank and so many O/others (the order of names is random)
if Y/you think Y/you're as regularly posting as O/one of T/these (or more) Y/you're included maybe even if it's a bit less
Y/you all help me being the best me i can be
thank Y/you all
Merry Holidays to Y/you and Y/yours
Isn't it nifty how people on a porn board you've (mostly) never met in real life make a slice of your real life good?
Thanks for this nice post, Anja.
cookiecat
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Was your friend in hospital for covid? No matter the why, glad your friend is home.
cookiecat
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We live a rather solitary life so other than eating out and adjusting shopping hours, I'm grateful we haven't had this year impact our activities that much. It's not been fun but so far I feel we are relatively unscathed.
My heart goes out to the many who have lost so much. I worry about so many just here on Lit that have lost jobs or are overworked in addition to so many more in my daily life.
There are so many things to be grateful for that there's just not enough room in a single post (although Ackton repeatedly tries to prove me wrong
Hugs to all because I know all of us can use one these days.
I feel the same, gracie. My small, quiet life has gotten a little smaller but hasn't changed much. It's hard to see people I care for have their lives up-ended because of covid. Every day, I'm reminded how fortunate I am and try not to take that for granted.
Isn't that the best - people who take time to make you feel good?
