Gratitude Challenge: Day 30

I first took this challenge in November 2014 and I think now is a good time to revisit it. Click here for a list of the Gratitude Challenge prompts.

Day 30: Myself. I am grateful for my life and the opportunities offered every day. I don't know why God granted me with the gift of making friends easily, but He did, and it's a wonderful thing. 

I miss Henry. I miss John. I miss my oldest friend, who is still alive but really no longer an equal participant in our relationship. Because I have had so much loss in my life, it's easy for me to feel bad that I no longer have "that person." There was a line in Grey's Anatomy that has stayed with me all these years. Cristina said of Meredith, "She's my person. If I murdered someone, she's the person I'd call to help my drag the corpse across the living room floor."

OK, so I don't have "my person" anymore. There really isn't anyone I feel I can count on to know me, accept me, love me no matter what and that leaves me lonely.

But I have people. I'm 68 years old, a time in life when people have trouble making/maintaining friendships. Yet looking over June I've socialized with eight different people, and they all reached out to me. I'm grateful for that, and I mustn't lose sight of it.