I am Grateful for...

• My Parents - They are my Mentors, inspiration and Best Friends
• My Extended Family - They are the coolest, most fun, craziest, loving people in the entire world
• My Friends - There is so much love, respect and admiration amongst us
• My 5 senses - I can't even imagine what it would be like to be Helen Keller.
• My Voice - The outlet to express myself and to bitch.  I'm a Latin Jewish New Yorker, Bitching is part of the culture and an earned Manhattan right! 
• Free Online Pornography - Needs no explanation, obviously. 
• Rain - The sounds, the drops, it's all mother nature and it's perfect
• My Brain - The ability to think, store memories, create solutions and remember every single person who pissed me off and how. 
• My Mistakes - I improve and become better for making them
• Homosexual Men - The Best Accessory to a Jewish Girl, GOSH I LOVE the Gays
• My Hands - So that I can type,  draw,  write,  flip the bird ... the Usual stuff
• Shoes - No matter how much weight I gain or loose, my shoes still fit.  
• Disappointment - Helps me asses the things that matter to me most
• Matzoh Ball Soup - Jewish Penicillin
• Fear - Helps to discover opportunities for growth
• Ramen/Udon Noodles - The only thing I can eat a billion times a day and not grow tired of it
• Sadness - Helps to appreciate the spectrum of human emotions
• NYC Taxi Drivers - My Chauffeur(s), if you will...
• Heartbreak - helps me mature as an individual 
• Omar (my Deli guy) - He always knows what's up...
• My College Professors in Richmond and Parsons - For being the coolest bunch of people around!!!!! 
• My Phone - the device that allows me to look super busy when I don't want to be talked to, or when I am bored.
• Strangers - Make for great conversation
• Pain - Makes me become a stronger person
• My Manager (s) from BI - showed me the techniques for being a good leader 
• Bagels - sustenance 
• Guinness - Where else would I get my calories?
• My Frenemies - Helps me to uncover blind spots so that I can become a better person
• My 1st Grade Teacher - She always knew I was a little nutty and the only teacher from my youth to not only appreciate it, but encouraged it
• Happiness - To soak in the beauty of life
• Every Single Day....