Although I enjoy silence and love sitting on my porch on quiet mornings, I am grateful for some loud things.

1. Children playing outside
2. Football fans after a touchdown
3. My sons’ laughter
4. My puppies protecting me from squirrels
5. Thousands of gallons of water going over a waterfall
6. Thunder
7. Airplanes taking off
8. Taxi horns in Manhattan
9. Marine drill instructors
10. Bowling alley
11. Smoke detector blaring
12. Tap dancing

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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”