I am grateful for alot of things in life. I am grateful for my family. The ones I am tied to in blood. The ones who have been there for many years, throught the laughter, the tears, the rages and the tantrums and they still love me for being me, just as I do them.

I am grateful for the beautiful son I have. His random acts of love warm my heart. Anyone who is a parent knows that feeling. There is nothing more precious in the world than the eyes of your own child staring into yours with the words “I love you” escaping their precious mouths. As well as “mummy I just farted”  … so special *rolls eyes*

I am grateful for the moments that give me clarity. Usually at 3am in the frigging morning. Thanks insomnia.

I am grateful to be able to explore my talents as an artist in many forms, to have the ability to use my passion to do what I love as work. To create. The satifying part is giving pleasure to someone else through this. Seeing a smile and a look of satisfaction with a finished product.

I am even more grateful I know how to be a good business woman and tell clients to fuck off when they think they can take me for a ride. Politely of course. I like that, people who assume designing and drawing is a talent that is worth shit and offer to pay a pittance, if they think they know so much then they can go do it themselves while I watch and laugh.

I am grateful for alot of things in life but most importantly I am grateful I have two people in my life who poke and push me in ways no one else can. Sometimes its hard for me to do, especially when this wee wolfie can be the most stubborn assed shit out.The past few days I have been battling PMS, tiredness and struggling to get back to a normal working day and get some cashflow coming in. Balancing it all has been insane of late. My emotions have been raging backwards and forwards and I have hidden myself away in fear of hurting or upsetting people with razored words.

The joys of having Scot’s blood means I have a temper to boot.  I’m empathic which means I tend to take on everyone else’s emotionally charged shit. I can manage it normally. Quite well. But when you have people close to you it’s inevitable I will take it on, which I have. I’m overwhelmed. Hence I disappeared into my own lair and did the solitary thing as much as possible for the past few days. I’m getting there. This transparency thing is hard sometimes. I’ve spent half my life learning to shut my gob because of how blunt I can be when this time its exactly what I need to learn to allow myself to grow. How confuddling but wonderful.

I am grateful for the courier this morning who arrived bright and early and dropped off my new arm warmers *squeeeee* *inserts pic*

MOST IMPORTANTLY… halp…
I am grateful for any advice on how to remove a big wallop of superglue off my finger without actually removing said finger (never on request …glue a childs toy together just after you get out of bed … nawt good)

On more important matters, I am grateful I have a best friend who I have been neglecting for far too long and I am about to remedy it. It’s her birthday this weekend. Time to catch up and see what shes doing. That is one person in my life I don’t have to explain shit to, she knows me too well.I have a feeling if w get together it’ll end in nawty.

And by the way I am grateful for the wonderful people who blog and who I consider good friends. The ones I have been able to talk to since beginning this blog and the special people I have kept in touch with since my old one. Distance may make it difficult to physically meet but the friendships that are there are just as important. Fuck the distance. I am grateful to have you in my life, always.

There’s alot of things I am grateful for but the ones that matter the most are the ones I give my heart to.

The rest are just monkeys.