Thanksgiving Thoughts

Today, I’m thankful for:

• legs that get me where I want to go,
• eyes that show me the beauty of an imperfect world,
• ears that allow me to hear laughter, music, and singing,
• health and more than enough to eat every day,
• hands that can type fast enough to capture most of what I have to say,
• the gift of a good education and a brain to use it,
• a job that runs out of hours before everything that needs to be done in a day,
• a warm home in a land that’s free,
• a loving family and fascinating friends,
• two Cairn Terrier rescues who think I walk on water,
• parents who are still together after nearly sixty years,
• brothers who taught me how to hold my own in a man’s world,
• a husband who supports most of my crazy ideas and is the voice of reason for the ones  that should never make it past the drawing board,
• three grown children who taught me how to put others’ needs before my own and who have never stopped asking, why?
• a day once a year to pause and think about all the things that really do go right in my world.