The Best Things ...
Some gifts are wonderful in little blue boxes.  There is something about those little blue boxes that promise intrigue, beauty and surprise.  My favorite gift this Christmas did not come in a little blue box, but they were a series of little boxes, beautifully wrapped boxes that were thoughtful, sweet and beautiful.  The biggest box promised warmth.  And the person who gave all this to me did not have to make any promises, he did not even have to buy me the world, what he has given me in the last nine months, has been more than I ever dreamed of.

I have been blessed with people who love me.  For that, I am grateful. 

I've been asked many times as to whether I regret going through what I did.  Things happen for a reason, I don't think I would change my decision if I were to live my life over, but there are some things that I may do differently, but whether the outcome would be as it is right now, probably not.  Life has its ups and downs, life has taught me to embrace and make the most of it.  If I have managed to touch just one person's life and made them happy, then I have been successful.

I go to bed every night, knowing that I have someone who loves me.  For that, I am grateful.

Sometimes late at night, when the house is completely quiet and my body aches from pain, I lie awake thinking of probabilities and possibilities.  Not a day goes by without some part of my body aching and some reminder that I may indeed not be the person I used to be.  Yet, blessings come in different forms of disguises, I believe this was second best thing to happen to me.  I was becoming a person that I never wanted to be, I was truly wasting my life and someone out there helped me change my life, drastically. 

I wake up every morning with renewed hope and that I am alive.  For that, I am grateful.

I like to believe that if you don't love yourself enough, how do you expect someone else to love you?  I wondered in hindsight as to how much I must have hated myself to allow myself to go through what I did even before the accident.  Happiness is so under-rated, life is too short to be miserable, too short to blame someone else for your mishaps, too short to not be happy, too short to not fall in love.  I learned to love and be happy by myself. 

With that, the best thing that ever happened to me found me.  For that, I am grateful.