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.
I have a wonderful family that loves me...
...and an absolutely amazing best friend.
I have a home to live in.
I go to school.
I can read, write and learn.
I have the most beautiful, most stubborn and most loving dog in existence.
I have the opportunity to travel with my family and visit relatives in Poland.
I am Polish and Catholic.
For me, God is real.
I have the opportunity to write for a site called Triond and earn money for it.
I live in America.
I dream.
5-minute brownie in a mug with vanilla ice cream exists.
There is a small piece of land under the Amalanchier bush outside the kitchen window that I am privileged to call my garden.
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.
For one year of my life, I took riding lessons (my favorite horse was everyone else's least favorite: Sally).
I can walk and run and use my hands.
I can take pictures...
...and finally bought a Nikon D3000 refurb.
Animals and nature exists and is close by whenever I need a break from life.
I can have food and water whenever I want.
I have a future.
Flowers can easily brighten my day.
"Do wesela się zagoi" (a Polish saying that roughly means: by the wedding it will heal)
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):
