Although I enjoy silence and love sitting on my porch on quiet mornings, I am grateful for some loud things.
- Children playing outside
- Football fans after a touchdown
- My sons’ laughter
- My puppies protecting me from squirrels
- Thousands of gallons of water going over a waterfall
- Thunder
- Airplanes taking off
- Taxi horns in Manhattan
- Marine drill instructors
- Bowling alley
- Smoke detector blaring
- Tap dancing

Double rainbow over Niagara Falls.
The Accident was on August 12, 2013. For months the 12th brought me to tears. Then, about a year later, I decided to choose gratitude and healing rather than sorrow. Thus “Twelve Things I am Thankful for on the 12th”