I am grateful - The GOOD VIBES Contest

Saying "Thank you" can be such a difficult thing, as well as "forgive me", "I am sorry", when these words are really sincere and go from your heart. I am sure that I am not the only person who feels the same.

Thinking about the things I am grateful for, I shall start with the opportunity God gave me once when I was born.
I am grateful to Him for giving me my life and my three angels on the Earth: my mom, my dad and my younger sister. I love them so much, I pray for them and I hope that they feel my love, though we live too far from each other now.
I am grateful to God for all the opportunities He has been giving me, and for all the people I have met.
Of course, it may sound too banal, but I am really grateful to God for my life.

I am also grateful to my parents for their support in each decision I make, in all my "adventures", wishes and especially in situations, which I might consider desperate if I hadn´t them. They gave me all they could and even more.
Now that I have an opportunity to travel and see the world, other countries and cultures, I can state that my parents have dedicated to my sister and me their lives without thinking about their interests. Unfortunately, there are families where parents forget about their children.
I am grateful to my parents for being an exceptional example for me in everything, for giving me the best traits of character, the strength and the will to go on despite everything.

I am grateful for all the failures and problems I have had, for all the ups and downs, for all the frustrations. Yes, I am not mistaken. Only with failures we get the experience that we will remember in order not to repeat. Success and luck make us blind, we relax and believe that this white line will never end. I am really grateful for the experience I had and for all the things I am to learn.

I am grateful for having the best husband I could ever imagine. No... I couldn´t imagine that I would ever marry a man from the other side of the world and follow him wherever he goes (I live in his native country now). I am grateful for his love, friendship and respect. I am grateful for the confidence I get with him. I am grateful for all the days we spend together and for the understanding that love has neither definition nor limits. I am grateful for the sensation of a flight and butterflies in the stomach. I am grateful for his funny songs that wake me up in the morning. I am grateful for being loved and for the opportunity to love.

I am grateful for being happy and being free to choose what to do. I have all that I dreamed of, just my own house is missing (but it is on its final stage of construction) and also little persons that will call me mommy at least in two languages, Russian and Spanish ;) However, all that I need is time and patience to be completely happy.

I am grateful for all that I have and don´t have, for all that I have learned and what I am to learn, for all that has passed and is to come.

Being grateful is a wonderful thing. This way we remember that we are not alone, and that there is hope in the world. Just wake up in the morning and say "Thank you". Even if you say it in your soul, it counts.

I would like to say thank you to @corina for giving the opportunity to express my flow of thoughts and to share my feelings (I am a very shy person).