What are thankful for today?

What are you thankful for today? At this moment, I Thank God that flood hasn't reached our place. If you read HERE you'll know that some part of Hatyai City is flooded. We're perfectly fine!

How about you? The following vignettes (which have been widely circulated on the internet) can help put things into perspective and remind us of what we have to be thankful for:

1. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 percent of the people in the world.

2. If you can attend a church or synagogue meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.

3. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are more blessed than 500 million people in the world.

4. If you have money in the bank, money in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8 % of the world's wealthy.

5. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

so much to thank God for

1. We're able to renew our visa last Wednesday! Though I was a bit amnesiac that day that I forgot to bring the necessary document for my hubby's application like our marriage license at the immigration office, I Thank God that the officer who checked our papers was kind enough to allow us to go back home and pick up our marriage license document both in English and in Thai!

I was frustrated on that day that I forgot the most important document for my hubby. If it happened that the immigration officer denied his application because of my "forgetfulness", I couldn't forgive myself. I want to list in here the required documents for my hubby who's visa is dependent on me. I could make this a reference for his NOn-Immigrant O visa application again next year. By the way, as for me, I don't have a problem with my papers because it's the school who prepared everything.

1. TM 6 Departure card
2. application form for visa extension
3. 1 passport size phto
4. marriage certificate with Thai translation
5. letter of recommendation from my school signed by the principal
6. 1,900 baht fee

2. I thank God for healing Ate Sarah! Remember my post about our Mommy's Day Out? It's more like a despidida we have for her because she needs to go home for for a surgery to remove her myoma tumors. We are praying for a miracle on that day.

Guess what?

Her post here HERE made me cry for joy because her OB-Gyne told her that she don't need operation anymore because the size of the myoma is decreasing and she will still have the chance to bear that baby girl they desired! I'm so happy for Ate Sarah .

3. I enjoy our summer class for nursery students (though, it's more of babysitting) . I thank God for the wisdom in creating fun activities that makes my 28 4-year-old learners sane being with me for 3 straight hours!