Today I Am Thankful For Day 3

Day 3
Today I am thankful for my 5 senses; seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting.

I am thankful for my sight and even though the eye doctor told me I only have one good eye, I am thankful for vision that can be corrected for me to be able to see.  I get to see the expressions on my grandchildren's faces when they see me and that still excites them.  I am able to see the beauty of God's creation.  Trees budding in the spring and leaves changing in the fall.  Flowers opening from bud to bloom, and the beauty of a clear Carolina blue sky.  To experience the flash of lightening in a summer storm and the rising and setting of the sun.  To be able to see and appreciate a full moon.

I am thankful for my hearing.  It allows me to hear aforementioned grandchildren say I love you Granny.  It allows me to hear my daughter tell me she loves me.  It allows me to be a listener for those who need someone to listen to them.  I get to hear the birds sing and the waves coming in at the ocean.  It also allowed me to hear a wonderful man tell me how much he loved me.  And, even though he has been gone over 2 years now in my mind I can still hear him say, "Hi dear" when one of us had been somewhere.

I am thankful for the sense of feeling.  To be able to feel a hug, the wonderful sensation of crawling into a bed of freshly laundered sheets, the feeling of putting on old worn out blue jeans, and to feel the touch of someone who loves you.

I am thankful for the sense of smell.  To be able to nuzzle an infant and smell that baby smell, to smell fresh baked bread, and even Aqua Velva that reminds me of my daddy.

And I am thankful for the sense of taste.  That first cup of coffee in the morning that helps me ease into the day, a slice of pound cake, and the very favorite, the taste of a warm gooey brownie.

For all of these things and the memories they leave I am thankful.