Just in case you were wondering ...

From Marrion Webster, the definition of GRATEFUL:

1a : appreciative of benefits received

  b : expressing gratitude

2a : affording pleasure or contentment : pleasing

  b : pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated

— grate·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— grate·ful·ness noun

For my word of the year, my definition is 1a:  expressing gratitute.  I have so much to be thankful for and I willfully remind myself to make the words "Thank You" be the first I say every day.  I say these words to G*d.  What I want to do more of this year (and every year forward) is to tell those in my life, my wonderful sons, my amazing friends, my colleagues, my little group of blog readers, who grateful I am for all of you.  How you all enrich my life and make it worth living.  Grateful, that's me.