Things (Resonate11 – Dec. 15)

Things: Many people believe that things are not important, so whether things or something more grand, what are the three most important things in your life right now?

Freedom, Jack Daniels, and living STD-free since ‘93.

Actually, no. I mean, I think freedom is important. After all, without freedom, I wouldn’t be able to do things like vote and wear my pajamas in the frozen foods aisle at Wal*Mart. But not the Jack thing. I hate Jack Daniels. Hate it. I can’t explain it better than this: it makes me feel like I’m being suffocated by the stench of 30 years of raging alcoholism.

And, well, that last part about STDs was just thrown in because it sounded good. Not that it isn’t important – it totally is – but, in the grand scheme of life, it doesn’t strike me as something I should brag about.

Honestly, the real list is just a regurgitation of yesterday’s list of things I’m grateful for. At the risk of sounding like a broken record…

My Hubby is important to me. Without him, I would probably be on the fast track to becoming a bitter, old,  crazy dog lady. Plus, I wouldn’t have anyone to eat sushi with or laugh at me when I say the word “bone.”

My friends and family are important to me – and even (at times) make me look kind of normal. They’re kind of talented like that.

Our fur kids are important to me, even though they have bad breath and are constantly all up in my sh!t. I like to believe it’s because they love me and not because they’re trying to steal my Lucky Charms (or whatever I happen to be eating at the moment).