Wow I love this thread...here goes...I am grateful for...

Being married for 33 years to the most wonderful man on earth
My three beautiful children
Being able to return to school to study psychology at the advanced age of 58
The fact that my mind can still memorize facts at the advanced age of 58
My three cats - Bella, Schnubot and George
My two dogs - Rigby and Ellie
Chocolate
My garden
The ocean
Hot coffee on a cold morning
The fact that my youngest son just got his first leading role as an actor
Sex
My therapist
That I have a good rheumatologist and he is working with me and my RA
That I'm a RECOVERING alcoholic, 3 years sober
That one of my professor's said I was an inspiration to him because I struggled so hard and on the third try finally passed statistics with a B
Psych Central and all the people who post and chat
Snow
How babies smell
Christmas lights
How my 100lb golden retriever sits on my lap and lets me hug him when I'm sad
The infinite patience of my pdoc when I tell him for the umpteenth time that I want to stop or change a med
My mom who keeps telling me she's proud of me because I'm not a quitter
Peach iced tea in the summertime
My pool float
Spicy mexican food
Scented candles
Pedicures
Flowered floaty sundresses
Snowglobes
YHWA - what my therapist keeps telling me when I complain that I feel useless being on disability because of my MI - You Have Worth Anyway
My best friend who is also bipolar and knows exactly how I feel
My journals
Any kind of wildflower
My belief in God
The ability, finally, to find some good in myself
To be able to say, It's Good to Be Alive, and mean it