With Thanks On My Birthday

SadieGratitude lists are quite the rage on Facebook at the moment and although I have sworn blindly that I will not start my own I would like to say thank you to each and every one of you today without mentioning your names. Listen carefully and I am sure you will recognise yourselves in a few of these… And they are no particular order.

I am thankful for laughter I share with you.

I am thankful for our play time (of course there is play time and there is play time)

I am thankful for your support when I need it most and I am thankful for your support when I don’t

I am thankful that you have let me into your lives

I am thankful that you are a part of mine

I am thankful for the trust you have placed in me

I am thankful for the lessons you have taught me

I am thankful for the smile you put on my face

I am thankful for the sheer joy you bring to my heart

I am thankful that you challenge me now and again

I am thankful for the help you have given me

I am thankful that now and again I have been able to help you too

I am thankful that you listen to me mouth off from time to time

I am thankful for the jokes you share with me

I am thankful that you give me space to live my own life

I am thankful for the love you show to Sasha

I am thankful that you laugh at my stupid jokes and like my pics on Facebook and Instagram and occasionally tell me how silly I am

I am thankful for the time we spend together

I am thankful that I don’t support Manchester United

I am thankful for the new friendships and those that stretch back so many years

I am thankful for my health and the support and encouragement I receive with my training

And finally I want to tell you that Sasha and I have a deal that if I swear I have to give her FIVE RAND,
so here is your five rand Sashi…

Because on days like this and in fact everyday… I am just fucking thankful!

(From a speech I gave last year, as relevant today as it was then)

 

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  1. Pleasure Mike even though it was brief and thank you too.

  2. I’m so grateful to be a part of your life, and to have you a part of mine!!! You are the light of the party and brighten a room when you walk into it, with that magnificent smile and those twinkling eyes!! Keep shining, my friend!!!

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