Here's to the past...

The past few days have been horrendous, all accumulating in me being stuck on the side of the A27 for about 2 hours longer than I would have hoped for. Running a car is meant to be expensive but mine has always been reasonably good, so it was quite sad that for the first time, I had to use my green flag membership but thinking about it, I have a lot to be thankful for. I'm thankful that my dad has my car on as an additional car on his breakdown cover, I thankful that today was the first decent weather day that we've had for a while, I'm thankful that I have a job and can actually afford this kind of thing when it happens (as inconvenient as it is, it isn't catastrophic), I'm thankful I broke down in a location where I could easily pull into a parking space and most of all, I'm thankful I wasn't alone when it happened.

It got me thinking though, that today hasn't been the worst day I've ever experienced. Not even close. As bad as it was I would spend weeks at the side of the road living on half a bottle of coke and dirty apples from the nearby tree, in gale force winds and a thunderstorm if it could have meant that that was the worst thing I'd ever go through would be that. My sister was a remarkable person, I never ever saw her get herself down, even though she had to deal with so much more than most people could even imagine. Even until the very end. She was my best friend, the person who I could always rely on to cheer me up when I went through just the normal things of growing up. I wish she could have been here to help me deal with people purposely making things difficult for me, life getting in the way in the most inconvenient of days and the things that are even bigger. I just can't help but think that sometimes things would just be a little bit easier if she was still around. But I try not to get sad about it any more (trust me it's difficult!) but think of it that the thing I'm most thankful for is that I got to have my best friend with me for 14 years and I couldn't really ask for more than that.

So the message I can leave with this is just be thankful for what you do have instead of being frustrated by the things you don't

I'm going to leave you with a picture of the most inspirational person I've ever had the privilege of knowing

XOX