What I'm Thankful For Today

 Mostly it's the people that I love and that love me, that I'm the most grateful for;

• My "Bonus-Mom", who continues to make my life possible, in spite of the hardship it causes to her own.
• My dear sister and her family who, besides occasionally providing much needed food for my precious fur baby when I can't, are among the most special people in my life.
• My precious fur baby, who keeps me as centered and sane as anyone can, and without whom I could not bear to continue.
• My "boyfriends", who are there for me in a myriad of ways, in spite of my own shortcomings.
• More other family and friends than I can easily count, let alone have the 'hands' left to praise nearly as highly as they deserve.
• My home and what possessions I still have.
• My own highly developed ability to "make do" with what I have. I've been doing it for more years than I care to count.
  
• And in spite of the recently imposed restrictions, my Food Stamps and Disability benefits, without which I could not even feed myself.
• Medicaid, without which it's extremely likely that I'd be dead already or dying a slow and horrible death.

I'm sure there is more that I'm grateful for but this covers the vast majority.

Make no mistake, there is much that I wish for, to make my life better and possibly even allow me to make a small living for myself. However that is another post entirely.

I will say that the greatest thing I wish for is to live a small and relatively simple life, with enough money to support myself and my fur baby for the rest of our shared life. I'd prefer to stop being dependent on those who love me most. I've found it to be contrary to my own good self-image and mental health.