{"id":570,"date":"2018-12-12T08:09:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2018-12-12T08:09:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:09:40","slug":"top-five-grateful-mfrwauthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/12\/top-five-grateful-mfrwauthor\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five things I&#8217;m grateful for #MFRWauthor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/22\/the-best-gift-ever-mfrwauthor\/christmas-tree-reflections-in-living-room\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Depositphotos_13615598_s-2015_ChristmasTree.jpg?fit=500%2C385&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,385\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Anterovium&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 500D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Christmas tree lights reflecting from glass balls and mirror&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1324935296&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.8&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Christmas tree reflections in living room&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Christmas tree reflections in living room\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Depositphotos_13615598_s-2015_ChristmasTree.jpg?fit=500%2C385&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-184 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Depositphotos_13615598_s-2015_ChristmasTree.jpg?resize=197%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Best gift under the tree\" width=\"197\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Depositphotos_13615598_s-2015_ChristmasTree.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Depositphotos_13615598_s-2015_ChristmasTree.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 85vw, 197px\" \/>Especially in this season, there is much to be grateful for. There is so <em>much<\/em>, in fact,\u00a0how does one limit it to a few? Don&#8217;t know\u2026 But I&#8217;m going to try.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The people in my life. I know it sounds trite but I&#8217;m so very grateful for the people in my life, especially my mom and husband, but right on their heels are my in-laws (I was blessed with the best!), my aunt, and my closest friends. It seems that when I needed someone, there was always someone there. I only hope I return the favor so someone somewhere says they&#8217;re grateful for me, too.<\/li>\n<li>Health. I had polio as a baby but fortunately, that&#8217;s the worst health issue I&#8217;ve ever had. I&#8217;m kind of grateful even for that, though because it helped shape me (for the better, I hope) and gave me adversity to overcome.<\/li>\n<li>Travel. With our eight years of trucking, hubby and I saw a whole hell of a lot of the U.S. and western Canada. Travel expands the mind (and the waistline, sadly). We met so many wonderful people in those eight years <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"575\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/12\/top-five-grateful-mfrwauthor\/depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_usmap\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_USMap.jpg?fit=500%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,313\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_USMap\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_USMap.jpg?fit=500%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-575 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_USMap.jpg?resize=247%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"US Map\" width=\"247\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_USMap.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_8212819_s-2015_USMap.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 85vw, 247px\" \/>and I learned things I&#8217;ve never forgotten. It planted my feet firmly on the ground and centered me. Plus, it gave me a perspective on everything in life since. As hubby says, once you&#8217;ve started to jackknife coming down Donner Pass in a blizzard, the meaning of &#8220;stress&#8221; changes forever more.<\/li>\n<li>Moving around. As a consultant in a specialized arena, hubby moved us quite a bit. The effect was like traveling, above, except with an immersion component. We lived several different places in the U.S. and got to know those places and people really well. I loved it to the point of when hubby said he wanted to stay here, where we were planted after two years, I had withdrawal symptoms. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Life. I have learned to be happy. It&#8217;s not always a given, being happy. It&#8217;s something I decide every day to be and now I am blooming where I&#8217;ve been planted. I was born in the best time. I&#8217;ve had innumerable chances to <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/12\/top-five-grateful-mfrwauthor\/key-to-happiness\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_45512471_s-2015_Happiness.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Mudretsov Oleksandr&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Key to Happiness&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1393623809&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright \\u00a9 2014 by Mudretsov Oleksandr&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.3&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Key to Happiness&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Key to Happiness\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_45512471_s-2015_Happiness.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-574 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_45512471_s-2015_Happiness.jpg?resize=188%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Key to Happiness\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_45512471_s-2015_Happiness.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Depositphotos_45512471_s-2015_Happiness.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 85vw, 188px\" \/>experience things most people have not. I&#8217;ve been able to write. I&#8217;ve enjoyed both working and not working. I&#8217;ve been <em>blessed<\/em>, totally and sincerely. It&#8217;s such a wonderful feeling!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Read the next blog in the blog hop by going <a href=\"http:\/\/mfrw52week.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadauthors.com\/deesknight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7ovi4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Only a Good Man Will Do<\/a>: Seriously ambitious man seeks woman to encourage his goals, support his (hopeful) position as Headmaster of Westover Academy, and be purer than Caesar&#8217;s wife. Good luck with that!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2q7Jp0S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naval Maneuvers<\/a>: When a woman requires an earth-shattering crush of pleasure to carry her away, she can&#8217;t do better than to call on the US Navy. Sorry, Marines!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Especially in this season, there is much to be grateful for. There is so much, in fact,\u00a0how does one limit it to a few? Don&#8217;t know\u2026 But I&#8217;m going to try. The people in my life. I know it sounds trite but I&#8217;m so very grateful for the people in my life, especially my mom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/12\/top-five-grateful-mfrwauthor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top five things I&#8217;m grateful for #MFRWauthor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[48,8,106,12,25,50,301,300,302,104,113,23,254,7,75,303,130],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-information","category-uncategorized","tag-christmas","tag-dee-s-knight","tag-erotic","tag-erotic-romance","tag-erotic-romance-author","tag-family","tag-gifts","tag-gratitude","tag-love","tag-naval-maneuvers","tag-navy","tag-nomad-authors","tag-only-a-good-man-will-do","tag-romance","tag-trucking","tag-united-states","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-9c","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":579,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}