I have been challenged to take the 5 Day Gratitude Challenge by Michelle Mastrovito Lott 3 gratitudes a day, challenge 3 people a day!! Gratitude 1. Im grateful, beyond words to have a mother who raised me to stand on my own, two feet and to stand up and speak up for what I believe is right! She also taught me the value of a good education and the power it has to not only move ahead in life, but also the power it has to move mountains!! When I was seriously and almost gravely injured as a teen, she became my patient advocate and learned everything she possibly could about spinal cord injuries to make absolutely certain that I was receiving the best possible medical treatment. She also took a full year off from work to help in my rehabilitation back into a strange and frightening new world. I say this in the highest sincerity and with the utmost respect. There is no way on Earth that I could have ever come this far without her motherly love and devotion!! Gratitude 2. Im so very grateful to have had a father who taught me how to have fun and how to make others around me have fun too. I believe that I got my charm, my sense of humor and my charisma from him. He also gave me my love for classic hot rods, old school Harley Davidson motor cycles and great Rock n Roll !! He was the reason that I became a musician. He also taught me some things, at a young age that a father shouldnt teach to a kid that age but he never let me get into trouble with that forbidden knowledge. Towards the end of his life, he realized his mistakes and he made a much better grandfather than he did a father. He was the best buddy and childhood idol that a kid like me could ever hope to have. I miss him terribly and not a day goes by that I dont think of him and wish that he was still here to slam a few cold ones and talk about classic hot rods and Harley Davidson motorcycles! Gratitude 3. Im so grateful to have a stepfather who stepped up and taught me the values and ethics that my father was unfortunately unable to impart to me. My father was my father and my buddy but my stepfather was and always will be my Dad because he taught me the things that a Dad teaches to his son. He and I didnt get along very well at all in the beginning and Im sure that I caused him more than his share of grief. But as the years passed, we learned to tolerate each other and that lead to learning how to respect each other. If for no other reason, I respected him for staying with my mother, even after all the grief that I put him through. He had every right to walk away but he loved my mother enough to stay around. How could I not respect someone like him? After I was injured, he busted his ass to make sure that not only did my medical bills get paid and give my mother the time off to take care of me, but also to make sure that the entire house was revamped to accommodate someone in a wheelchair. He has never once let me down when Ive needed his help and I am truly grateful that he is a huge inspiration to me and an exemplary example of what the true measure of a man should be!! I am truly blessed to have been raised by three of the best!! Thank you, Mom, Pop and Lee!! I love you all from the bottom of my heart!!
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 02:25:50 +0000
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