100 Blessings: Part One

 I am counting my blessings along with Olive Tree at Horsefeathers.

Once a week for a month I will post 25 blessings and link them to her blog.

1. 
   
   I have a wonderful family that loves me...
2. 
   
   ...and an absolutely amazing best friend.
3. 
   
   I have a home to live in.
4. 
   
   I go to school.
5. 
   
   I can read, write and learn.
6. 
   
   I have the most beautiful, most stubborn and most loving dog in existence.
7. 
   
   I have the opportunity to travel with my family and visit relatives in Poland.
8. 
   
   I am Polish and Catholic.
9. 
   
   For me, God is real.
10. 
    
    I have the opportunity to write for a site called Triond and earn money for it.
11. 
    
    I live in America.
12. 
    
    I dream.
13. 
    
    5-minute brownie in a mug with vanilla ice cream exists.
14. 
    
    There is a small piece of land under the Amalanchier bush outside the kitchen window that I am privileged to call my garden.
15. 
    
    I have fresh raspberries, strawberries, apples, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, green beans, peas, cucumbers and lots of other fresh produce from my tiny city backyard.
16. 
    
    For one year of my life, I took riding lessons (my favorite horse was everyone else's least favorite: Sally).
17. 
    
    I can walk and run and use my hands.
18. 
    
    I can take pictures...
19. 
    
    ...and finally bought a Nikon D3000 refurb.
20. 
    
    Animals and nature exists and is close by whenever I need a break from life.
21. 
    
    I can have food and water whenever I want.
22. 
    
    I have a future.
23. 
    
    Flowers can easily brighten my day.
24. 
    
    "Do wesela się zagoi" (a Polish saying that roughly means: by the wedding it will heal)
25. 
    
    My wonderful parents brought me up speaking Polish fluently and learning Polish culture, history, grammar and religion.

I realize I am very blessed. Sometimes it is easier to think that life is bland and has nothing to offer, that you aren't worth it. A list like this- and a thought of those less fortunate- is enough for me to realize that the very opposite is what is true. I leave you with a picture of Kusy (who is not looking blessed at all):