16 - Happy Family Day!

Family Day has become one of those odd holidays for me.  I am to this day as as square peg is to a round hole.  I don't fit.  What's more, with the events of the last while, though I still believe fully and completely in the need for family for a healthy person, so many families are not healthy and I start to wonder at the point of it all.

For me, Family Day was a day like any other day.  Valentine's Day was a day like any other day.  I did things I needed to do and I ended the day watching a movie - an Oscar contender.  It was good - interesting.  Boyhood.  I suspect it might get best picture, though I have yet to give my final thoughts on who I think will get the Golden Man.  This was a film about families, about growing up and finding our way, making mistakes and continuing on. The part that will get the Oscar is that it is the same cast, filmed over 12 years.

Gratitude Moments for Today
1/ Today, I am grateful for a legitimate holiday.
2/ Today, I am grateful to have spent the evening with KA, and that I have someone to enjoy these movies with!
3/ Today, I am grateful though there are times when I feel like a square peg in a round hole, that for the most part, I'm ok with that.  I'm ok with seeing things differently.
4/ Today, I am grateful for the family I have - my brother, who I love dearly; my niece and nephew, who mean the world to me, and my sister-in-law.
5/ Today, I'm grateful for being in the place I am ... it's not easy but I believe, even though the economy is what it is, there is still opportunity for me. And, at least, there's only me I have to care about!