What are YOU grateful for?

[CavySpirit]

"Thursday is Thanksgiving in the States … a day devoted to family, football, and eating our own weight in pie. Two kinds, please. And of course, gratitude."

I want to publicly say how much I appreciate everyone in the guinea pig community. Members of the forum hold a special place in my heart. You care, you say you care and you show you care. You care for the little creatures of the earth and each other.

I'm so grateful for this online community of guinea pig lovers. It's amazing how the little decisions you make in life end up shaping and giving meaning to your life. I feel blessed to have found my calling -- being an animal welfarist with an acute focus on guinea pigs and improving both the quality of life of guinea pigs and the pet experience for people. I feel that I've contributed significantly over the years to raising awareness on these issues and inspiring others to pick up the torch and enrich their lives as well. I am so deeply thankful that I've been able to have this life and these experiences. I am a very lucky woman.

I am profoundly grateful for the man in my life. Our relationship is too wonderful for words. I wish everyone could experience this. The world would be a better place.

As I get older, family and friends become more golden and appreciated.

I am happy that I gave up the corporate life during the height of my rescue days. It has been a very financially difficult process to say the least. Even though I lost my house a year and half ago (short sale), I've landed on my feet and am happy where we are. After giving up so much and spending years creating various websites and tools and content, I feel that my vision of where I wanted to take things is finally starting to come together. I am grateful that this community has been supportive. I've made mistakes along the way and lost a few online friends as a result. I'll try to do better.

I am so thankful for the help and support that I receive directly. I want to take a moment to acknowledge and thank my Moderators and Administrators. They work around the clock to help keep the forum a great place to hang out for everyone.

Paula, Aertyn (Nicole), bpatters (Billie), Char-x (Charlotte), Duffinvt (Debbie), foggycreekcavy (Lisa), Lissie (Lis), salana (Sal), Suzilovespiggie (Suzi), VoodooJoint (Elly) and last but not least, Ly&Pigs (Ly).

Without you all, there wouldn't be a forum. I am very grateful for your support and help.

I also want to thank a few more people. Sue Galanto has become like a sister to me. I feel like we are on an adventure together. We've only gotten together in person once when she visited me California a couple of years ago. But, our expanding cages store business has been fun and challenging and a learning and growing experience. After over a decade of doing hard core rescue, where the money just streams out the door in a river of red ink, it's been tough for me to be okay with actually making money. But I've come to the conclusion that I need to be able to keep doing what I like to do and I want to continue to be able to provide great value and services to this community. But I am and will always be looking for creative ways to help others be successful, too. That's the part that is enriching and fulfilling. I'm looking forward to an additional new business and friend relationship with Jenny Sawyer as we roll out our new fleece and stuff store coming very soon. It's exciting and I'm so happy I have some great people in my life!

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It's cathartic to share. Please feel free to share what you are grateful for this year.

 

[mufasa]

I'm grateful that I discovered the joy of guinea pigs this year. I can't believe that I've only had these amazing little critters since April. Although I still miss Mufasa, I'm grateful that his brief life led me here and led me to learn about adoption and, ultimately, to have my sweet girls Amy and Quinn in my life (and that I was able to know Borat...RIP, Bo, and don't tell the girls, but you were my favorite pig). My pigs have a much better life than they ever would have, thanks to what I've learned here. Can't believe my whole pig adventure has happened in less than a year.

I'm also grateful to be weathering a couple of personal situations pretty well. These are rough times, and I see so many people struggling around me. I'm very, very thankful for my life.

 

[doglaurasmudge]

I am grateful for the world, my life, the exisitant of animals and this forum as it has taught me LOADS. Also grateful for all of the rescue centres, I dread to think of the world without them.

 

[PigPandemonium]

*Starts Speech* Well, here's my list, probably missed like a hundred things though... First off I'm grateful for Google, who came up with this site, which I'm grateful for, when I was looking up small animals. Second I'm grateful for my pigs, who are amazing and bring a smile to my face when I'm feeling down. I'm also grateful to my mother, who has helped me so much with all my extra needs even though she works two jobs. I'm grateful to my disability, because even though it's closed many a door in my life, it's opened others for me. (Metaphorically of course, I've got Agoraphobia so I don't go outside, hence I don't go through doors. xD) I'm grateful to my dog, who helps me with things no one else could, and has enabled me to even do simple things such as walk to the kitchen, and has defiantly saved my life more than once. I'm grateful for the internet for filling me with knowledge of things I never would have known before all the the simple click of a button. I'm grateful for English teachers in the past who encouraged me to continue with my writing. I'm also grateful for music. I'm grateful for everything really, I'm grateful for life.

 

[MommyOfMany]

I'm grateful for my pigs(of course!), my friends, new and old, and both my pigs and I are grateful for this website. I wouldn't know 0.0001% of the things I know about guinea pigs if it weren't for guineapigcages.com and Guinea Lynx.

 

[Kritastrophe]

I'm grateful for this community website, and the knowledge it holds, and the people who contribute to it. I'm grateful, for my family and friends, if not for them my life would be a mess. I'm grateful for my amazing husband who let's me do all my hobbies, and helps me with my piggies. I'm grateful for my piggies who bring joy to my life, and without them I'd probably be terribly bored. And last but not least, I'm grateful for my job as it provides for all the above. I feel infinitely lucky for all the good things in my life, and even for the struggles that got me where I am (without them I wouldn't be who I am). Finally, I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving, and if any of you are travelling - be safe!

 

[WheekingPiggies]

I'm grateful for:
~My piggies!!!
~My wonderful family and friends
~Basic things like a house, food, and posessions
~My wierdo-brat-diva horse: Dusty! (I'm shareboarding her for a month!!!)
~That we live in a country where we have rights
~Books
~The computer
Happy Thanksgiving all!

 

[Hhbean]

I am thankful for Daniel, who is the simply the BEST(better then all the rest)! For the love of my family and friends, for my clients, for my job that keeps food on the table and a roof over our heads. For my "thundering herd" Huey, Roger, Sheldon, Winston, Fluffy, Yancy and Annabelle. I have a key chain that says "Who Rescued Who?" because I never knew until Huey that I needed piggies in my life. For @CavySpirit , without you I would have never even known that Huey needed a friend(or 6), you opened a whole new world for us! For Grace, who showed me that there is hope no matter how small you are, @Wildcavy and @Xopher for taking her in. For my vet, who is always there for us. For all my online friends that have such a great sense of humor!

 

[T1ggerPigLuvur]

Oh gosh, I can't list *everything* but here's a few really important things.
-I am thankful for my friends and family. They help me in life and keep me smiling.
-Obviously, I'm glad that this site exists. It helps me learn a lot about piggies. The community is extremely helpful too. (Thanks guys!!!)
-MY PIG! She is the joy of my life, and keeps me happy.
-Books... that I read when I'm not playing with piggies. And the ones that help with homework.
-Life. I'm most grateful for the gift of life. lol

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Wildcavy]

What a wonderful thread! I am grateful for my kids and for my forever-human, [MENTION=19945]Xopher[/MENTION], and this wonderful world of piggies!

I am grateful for this year's treasures. Despite the ongoing pain from the passing of Triton and several human friends this year, I continue to learn that they leave us all gifts, in the joy of lives well-lived, in their courage under extreme environs, and in the energy of their eternal souls. I know we will all meet again. In the meantime, I will treasure their memories.

I am grateful beyond words to everyone who pitched in to help us get Grace home to Picckalo, where we daily get to watch her knock the sense out of strips of pepper and carrot. I am grateful that we may soon be able to rescue another pig from a really bad situation, to be a partner to our dear Oink. I am grateful for the memory of Triton, and for him letting us know it was Time. And I am grateful for Joy Maria Burrito Lopez, a/k/a Jumble, a/k/a Wheeter-Bix, who started this all.

Be well, all my friends here. I am grateful for you all, too!!

 

[Fizzlepop40]

I wouldn't be able to list everything that I am grateful for. Probably what I'm most thankful for is my life and my loved ones. (Including my pets, of course!)

I am so glad that I stumbled across this forum a little over a year ago. I've learned so much from fellow piggie lovers. Thank you all! You're all amazing.

I am also thankful for my artistic talent. I love being able to draw and paint well and have people look at my work and give me really nice compliments about it.

There is much more that I could list, but, as I said, I'm not able to list every single thing that I am grateful for.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 

[YourSoJelly]

I have a horse too!

 

[Crazy Cavies]

~I am thankful for my family, who have provided me with all the love, care and support I could ever hope to have.
~I am thankful for my little piggies, who have provided me with such happiness in the few months that I've had them, with their sweet little faces and hilarious antics. :heart:
~I am thankful for this forum, full of kind, helpful people from which I have learned the best possible ways to take care of my little angels. This forum was also how I found Small Angels Rescue, from which I adopted my little angels.:heart:
~I am thankful for my loyal friends, who will always be with me when I need them.
~I am thankful that I live in a free country where I get a great education and am surrounded by kind people.
There are many more things, but I have stated the ones that I feel are most important.

 

[Inle_Rabbit]

I am thankful for my husband. I don’t know how to put into words exactly how thankful I can be to have him in my life. I cannot credit him with saving me from anything or even putting up with me, without him I know I would still be successful and driven and without me he would be as well but with the two of us together, walking on the same path, hand in hand, sharing all the good and the bad, it’s almost like nothing can stop us and it is awesome.

We have two little boys who are just amazing. Every day they learn so much and grow so much. Our oldest has Childhood Apraxia of Speech and sensory perception disorder and he is such a trooper! It is amazing to think where he was just 2 years ago to where he is now. I am thankful for the school system we are in for being so supportive in their special education department. They are truly an amazing bunch of teachers and administrators.

I am thankful for the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) and their diligent work on spreading the word about Apraxia and for holding so many webinars and conferences to help parents and teachers learn even more ways to help the children find their voices. Without their network of information my family’s journey would be so much harder.

I am thankful for my youngest son who is so easy going when his brother is not always.

I am thankful for the guinea pigs as well, not only for being animal therapists for my children, but also for being animal therapists for me when the hard days seem to outweigh the easy ones.

 

[GuineaPiggiez]

~I am thankful for my guinea pigs, Fergie and Cami; I love them so much!

~I am thankful for my dog, Maxwell; I love him also!

~I am thankful for this forum; I have learned so much!

Happy (Almost) Thanksgiving!!!

 

[suzilovespiggie]

I am thankful for life. I am thankful for my family, my daughter, my son, their spouses and the 7 wonderful grand children they have given me. They are my life!!
I am thankful for my job. Working midnights lets me be on the forum thru the night. Being on at night has opened up wonderful friends from around the world.
I am thankful for all the animals in my life. I am thankful for this forum that has given me so much. Some wonderful friends. Vast knowledge of the cutest critters in the world. An addiction that I love. ( I never can get enough of this place!)
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all of you in this great community of piggies!!