a list in no order at all
poetry
theatre
a roof over my head
mom
dad
Leona
Odin
fuzzy slippers
tea
half-assed snow days like this
4 day weekends
Emma
bunnies
James
flannels
Edith
Ally
food
Sandra
Ruby
strength
perseverance
travel
pumpkin pie
Cole
Connor
Peter
books
Prose.
good movies
space heaters
warm clothes
Christmas lights
music that makes you feel something
love
silence
warmth
honey
you
Thursday November 27
Today I am thankful for being too sick to go anywhere and yet well enough to make a dinner for the small family gathered at my house.
Every thanksgiving 35 people gather into a small space and cook too much food and do too many things. This thanksgiving was quite different. Me, my sons, and their father. Just the four of us and a small bird. Too many left overs and too much food went uncooked, but I think I have enough groceries to get us through to next payday. So for that too I am grateful.
A day where I didn't need to leave the house is also enough to be grateful.
Tomorrow the stores will be teaming with people and yet...I will still be home. Enjoying the small things and quiet times.
Where ever you are what ever you are doing I hope you have had the day you were hoping for and are grateful whatever the result.
Happy thanksgiving!
Very thankful for:
-Making it back home in one piece from five and a half years of navy service
-Having a wonderful girlfriend who is supportive and always finding ways to make me smile
-A best friend who I can rely on without a doubt
-A warm bed and good food in the house
-Last but not least, to be in a stable environment with no financial worries.
