Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so it’s put me in the mind to give thanks today. Today I am most thankful for my sobriety, my stability, and my serenity.
I am also thankful that I have a wonderful supporter – my best friend and husband – who also has bipolar disorder , and always knows exactly what to say and do on those “bad bipolar days.” Thankfully, they don’t happen that often any more, but when they do, it’s sure nice to have someone who understands what it’s like to experience them.
I am thankful that I still have my parents, as many people my age don’t. I’m real close to my mom, who also has bipolar disorder, so she is also part of my support system. I talk to her every day, and see her a couple days a week. I’m especially thankful this year, as we just moved down here a few months ago, and now I do get to see my mom – before it was just a few times a year that I got to see her, and it was hard to leave her each time. I’m real thankful that she’s doing so well with her own bipolar as well, because I worry about her – she’s had some bad episodes in the past. Right now she’s visiting my brother in Colorado (I’m jealous, but not of the cold weather), so she’s doing real good.
Tomorrow I’ll talk to my dad just to make sure he’s doing ok too, but basically he’s pretty independent (for an old guy) still. He has a neighbor who brings him Thanksgiving dinner, so he didn’t want to spend the day with us. I’m not going to cook a meal or anything, since it’s just going to be my husband and me – we’re planning just to go out to eat, at one of those $10 a plate places that serves Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.
Tomorrow should be a quiet day, and I’m looking forward to it. These days I’m very thankful for quiet days. They are much better than the dramatic crisis-filled bipolar days of old, when I was so unstable. I like the way things are now – so peaceful. I’ll just enjoy my dog and my husband and my little dinner out, and maybe some football on TV.
I will definitely be thankful tomorrow, though, just as I am today. I hope you will be, too. Have a happy holiday.
Wishing you peace and stability,
Remember God loves you and so do I,
Michele
Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so it’s put me in the mind to give thanks today. Today I am most thankful for my sobriety, my stability, and my serenity.
I am also thankful that I have a wonderful supporter – my best friend and husband – who also has bipolar disorder , and always knows exactly what to say and do on those “bad bipolar days.” Thankfully, they don’t happen that often any more, but when they do, it’s sure nice to have someone who understands what it’s like to experience them.
I am thankful that I still have my parents, as many people my age don’t. I’m real close to my mom, who also has bipolar disorder, so she is also part of my support system. I talk to her every day, and see her a couple days a week. I’m especially thankful this year, as we just moved down here a few months ago, and now I do get to see my mom – before it was just a few times a year that I got to see her, and it was hard to leave her each time. I’m real thankful that she’s doing so well with her own bipolar as well, because I worry about her – she’s had some bad episodes in the past. Right now she’s visiting my brother in Colorado (I’m jealous, but not of the cold weather), so she’s doing real good.
Tomorrow I’ll talk to my dad just to make sure he’s doing ok too, but basically he’s pretty independent (for an old guy) still. He has a neighbor who brings him Thanksgiving dinner, so he didn’t want to spend the day with us. I’m not going to cook a meal or anything, since it’s just going to be my husband and me – we’re planning just to go out to eat, at one of those $10 a plate places that serves Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.
Tomorrow should be a quiet day, and I’m looking forward to it. These days I’m very thankful for quiet days. They are much better than the dramatic crisis-filled bipolar days of old, when I was so unstable. I like the way things are now – so peaceful. I’ll just enjoy my dog and my husband and my little dinner out, and maybe some football on TV.
I will definitely be thankful tomorrow, though, just as I am today. I hope you will be, too. Have a happy holiday.
Wishing you peace and stability,
Remember God loves you and so do I,
Michele