Gratitude by Djuanna Brockington

By • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: Musings of a Mid-Life Diva • Email This Post Email This Post • Print This Post Print This Post

1111228_sunset_and_seaAs a counselor, I’m always telling folks to find reasons to be grateful- that gratitude will improve their attitude. What you focus on expands.  All that counselor stuff.  

On occasion, I have to use the same speech on myself.  Welcome to that week. 

So here is my mid-life gratitude list this week:

  •  My days as a full-time parent are numbered.
  • Support bras are much sexier than the ones my mother used to wear.  And they have matching panties.
  • Gel inserts for my hooker pumps.  Yay.
  • Yoga pants are the new sweatpants.  With the right top and running shoes, you always look like you going to, or coming from the gym.  Never mind you haven’t been to the gym in weeks.
  • Glasses have become a fashion statement (in addition to being a necessity).
  • Can you say Spanx, people?! Does wonders for smoothing out the lumps and bumps.
  • Miralax.  Need I say more?
  • Facebook- ’cause nothing beats reconnecting with old friends.
  • Chocolate covered almonds and a coke when I’m pmsing.  (Still got a few years to be grateful for this one.)
  • Knowing that “this too shall pass”. 

What’s on your gratitude list this week APOOO?

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is a Southern Diva. Reading, writing, and running (on occasion) are her favorite things. Her short stories and novellas can be found on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. When not ranting on APOOO, she's ruminating on her own website: http://www.divafictionbytes.com
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  1. GravatarJennifer C on March 13th, 2009 at 8:50 am:

    I’m not sure my list will be as elaborate as yours but I will give it a try.

    -My husband still loves me even though I have gained some pounds over the 15years we have been together. (I love myself too.)

    -I can still move around without a cane or wheelchair. (The diagnosis that I’ve gotten from doctors over the years are scary and crazy.)

    -I still have most of my teeth; enough to have a pretty smile.

    -I still have an imagination. And I can remember who I am.

    Jennifer C´s last blog post..Worth More Than a Penny

  2. GravatarNardsbaby on March 13th, 2009 at 9:01 am:

    Gratitude list:

    myKids though I said I never wanted them couldn’t begin to imagine my life without them not to mention of the 3 one is now 18 so I’m partially done with him!

    The Internet- I have made a connection with some incredible people. It’s hard to remember life before this.

    Microwave- I love being able to do it quick, fast and in a hurry.

    Braids- not having to make beauty shop appointments and spend all of your Saturday waiting and on top of that trying to sleep cute to maintain a hairdo.

    Wristlets- sometimes it’s not a purse day and I love the freedom of having what I want at my disposal.

    Text Messaging- when a phone call is out of the question a text is sure to say it all.

    Nardsbaby´s last blog post..Nardsbaby gave 4 stars to: The Ski Mask Way

  3. GravatarLashonda on March 13th, 2009 at 9:10 am:

    My kids – Although they drive me crazy at times.

    My sisters – who have become my best friends as we have gotten older.

    My husband – although I want to bake him a pie (medea style) at times.

    My health – although I am not as healthy as I could be, I have no major complaints.

    Lashonda´s last blog post..Finer Womanhood Week & Month

  4. GravatarDjuanna on March 13th, 2009 at 1:38 pm:

    Hey Ladies, thanks for your lists. Pretty cool. LOL at Lashonda and the Madea pie.

    Djuanna´s last blog post..Claire’s People – Heading Home

  5. GravatarNiambi on March 13th, 2009 at 2:02 pm:

    My gratitude falls under these two all-encompassing, all purpose works in any situation quotes (lol)

    “My soul looks back in wonder how I got over.”

    “There will be an answer, let it be.”

  6. GravatarAPOOO on March 13th, 2009 at 2:10 pm:

    Hmmm I’ve got to go and check out the yoga pants; thanks for the tip.

    I’m STILL grateful that the lump was benign.

  7. GravatarUranie on March 13th, 2009 at 2:21 pm:

    Great lists ladies. I’m thankful just to be here for another day.

    What is Miralax? :)

  8. GravatarAPOOO on March 13th, 2009 at 2:22 pm:

    Miralax…a LAXATIVE…hehe.

  9. GravatarDjuanna on March 13th, 2009 at 6:06 pm:

    @Yas- Girl, yoga pants are a lifesaver for me. I love them almost as much as I love jeans. Add a cute casual top and casual shoes, and you are set. You never look slouchy, and you are ALWAYS comfortable.

    And thanks for informing Uranie about Miralax. LOL.

    Djuanna´s last blog post..Claire’s People – Heading Home

  10. GravatarLinda Chavis on March 14th, 2009 at 7:14 am:

    My List: That I wake everyday

  11. GravatarRaven on March 15th, 2009 at 10:18 am:

    I am grateful for the fact that I have a loving family and that God blesses me to open my eyes every morning. And I am grateful for a job because there are many people out here who can’t say that anymore.

  12. GravatarDera Williams on March 16th, 2009 at 2:05 am:

    I hear you Linda, that and I can still find my way out of a parking lot. LOL

    Dera Williams´s last blog post..Literature for Women’s History Month