I'm grateful for family. They are supportive and loving, and I even get to travel with them.

I'm grateful for friends. I have several I can rely on no matter how bad things are with me. We live far apart but are in contact by text, phone, or FB Messenger frequently, one I text with daily.

I'm grateful for dogs. I can be having the crappiest day ever but they don't care, all they want is to give unconditional love. Oh, and a table scrap or two.

I'm especially grateful for the 36 years I spent with my husband. I miss him so much that it almost physically hurts, but I know he wouldn't want me to be unhappy so I do the best I can to live my best life, even with bipolar. And slowly but surely, I'm getting back to whatever passes for "normal".