Thankful. (Calcutta, India)

When you experience the worst, you realize what's best...

Well, I have a lot to talk about right now and a lot of it is quite hard to put into words. So excuse me if I am not my normal talkative self.

My best friend's mother passed away of cancer the other day, her name was Lolit Batuyong. Not only was she a nurse and a caregiver, she was a wife and mother of three. She raised one of the greatest friends that I will ever have, Jenny Batuyong. And for that I am thankful. Jenny has been very strong for the last couple of years, tending to her family and I'm proud to be her friend. Now, more than ever.

In the last few days, I have seen things that I could never of imagined. I've been volunteering at a house that cares for orphaned and disabled/handicapped kids. Nothing I have ever experienced before.

I am glad to be alive.
I am grateful that everyday I wake up and have the ability to do eveyday things, such as walk and brush my teeth.
I am grateful to have a wonderful family who loves me.
I am blessed to have a boyfriend for the last 4.5 years, who loves me very much and is patient with me, while I go around the world.
I am grateful for all my friends, who without their love and support, I would not be the same.
I am thankful to have food on my plate everyday.
I am happy to be travelling and doing what my heart has told me to do.
I am thankful that Jenny understands my dreams and supports me while I am away and not in Canada where I feel I should be.
I am honored to be praying with nuns that have worked with Mother Teresa, every morning at 6am.
I am happy to have a backpack full of clothes, medicines and toiletries, for, here these things are a scarsity to many civilians.
I am glad to have met Emilie and Melissa, for, right now they are my only means of me getting my thoughts out in the open.
I am glad, that these last few days I have found God again and has welcomed me back into His house.
I am exstatic when I can make the handicapped children smile, because sometimes that is all they have.
I am grateful that I have my music with me, to comfort me when I am down. (Jenny recently got her CDs stolen and she told me "its like a part of my soul was stolen".)


Through all its ups and downs, life is good. No matter how hard times may get. I believe that there will always be sunshine. I am truly blessed.