Friday the 13th post a day late

On Friday the 13th I wanted to list 13 reasons I feel lucky, but I just couldn't find the time and energy.   I could easily cheat and list 8*5*8 -  my children, their spouses, and their children - which are high on any list of my blessings, but as you can see it is more than 13 and it was Friday the 13th.  No, not every day gets its number recognition, but Friday the 13th is fun.  Anyway, in no order whatsoever -

1. I am lucky that my mother was lying bored in her parents' home recovering from multiple broken bones and having read everything in the house when two young men came to the door with a new book.  Would I have been blessed to find the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints if they had not found her?  Would I have recognized and accepted the gospel?  I hope so, but I am grateful that she read that book, visited with the missionaries, and accepted the gospel.

2.  I am lucky to have been born a citizen of the United States of America.  This is the land of promise, the land I love, a land of beauty, variety, opportunity and freedom. 

3. In the midst of all the fires around the state and news of the devastation and others homeless because of natural or man caused disasters, I am lucky to have a home .

4.  I am lucky to be able to see, hear, smell, taste, feel, and move. 

5.  I am lucky to always have food to eat and to have never known the fear of going hungry.

6.  I m lucky to have an excellent credit rating after escaping a marriage where love had been strangled and starved to a man whose secret spending took us to the verge of a 2nd bankruptcy.

7.  I am lucky because we have infastructure!  Plumbing! 

8.  Good roads

9. Garbage pick up

10.  Electricity

 -  is that cheating?  Should I have left them all under infrastructure?  I am not very consistent am I?   #4 could have been #4,5,6,7,8, and 9. and my count would have been over a while back.

11. Stores near by full of so many wonderful things.  We have so many choices and opportunities.  It is sometimes fun to walk through a store and know so much is available that I don't want or need.  I know, weird, but kind of a nice antidote to envy.

12.  I am lucky to have a nice car, a good, bike, and public transportation available.    (12, 13,14? but it is supposed to be 13.  I know I seem to have problems counting consistently.  You make your list if you want it done right.)

13.  First, last, and always I am lucky to have been taught and to have received confirmation that I am a child of God and He loves me.

I could go on but this was for Friday the 13th so 13. 

What makes you feel lucky?

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