Thanksgiving

Even though it is going to be a few days late, all my family will be at our house for a Thanksgiving celebration.  All of us have a great deal to be thankful for!   I am most of all very thankful for a loving family. Things have certainly not always been easy or gone smoothly in our lives.  There have been hard times, both economically and emotionally, for all of us, for various reasons at one time or another.  Now, however, everyone is in a pretty good place!   I am very thankful for that! We all have someone to love, who loves us.

The next thing on my "thankful" list would be a good, solid and loving marriage.  Gerry is an exceptionally supportive and helpful husband.  There is no stress or conflict between us.  We are at ease with each other and the lives we have created for ourselves.  Long ago we figured out that 'the world' is a dangerous place where people will  not have your best interest at heart ---but home should be a place of harmony where one feels absolutely safe.

And the third thing on my thanksgiving list is.....I am thankful for good health. Too often I am unappreciative of how good and faithful my body is to me!  I am likely to focus on how it does not necessarily conform to the size or shape I wish it were.  But I am the beneficiary of really amazingly good health,  to this point at least.   I have rarely been sick.  My injuries have been minor.  I am disease free. I am thankful for every day that my health has been good.  I do hope for many more good years.  And the grace to deal with whatever happens after that.

The list goes on, of course.  A faith that keeps me on the right path, and gives me strength.  A warm home and running water. Good food.  Friends.

I am thankful to live in the country that I do, even though I've done nothing in particular to deserve all the privilege that comes with that.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!