I Am Thankful

I added a few words here and there to my last year's Thanksgiving blog. Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear Readers, new and longtime friends.

Love'N Stuff, Nancy

1. I am thankful I don’t have to line up in size places.

2. Or take SATs.

3. I am thankful that the farmers market is a block away.

4. And that I can walk there, to the theater and to my favorite restaurants and bookstores.

5. Alone or with my husband, whom I am thankful for every day.

6. I am thankful I can walk.

7. I am thankful for work that engages and excites me. And that I'm still at, developing something new, challenging, and fun.

8. I am thankful for the loyalty and support of wonderful, longtime friends.

9. Including those who go back to first and second grade.

10. I am thankful one came over last month and last year offering ongoing support on my new project.

11. I am thankful for people who show up.

12. I am thankful for kindness.

13. And forgiveness.

14. I am thankful I'm getting better with age about establishing my priorities.

15. I am thankful no one sees me count by 2 when I do push-ups.

16. I am thankful for lox with or without cream cheese or a bagel.

17. I am thankful my neighborhood grocer has a month-long sale on brie.

18. I am thankful for meditation.

19. And a good-enough hair-cutter.

20. And competent doctors.

21. And, for the moment, that I am in good health.

22. I am thankful that the members of my family are in good health.

23. I am thankful I am not:

a. childless, b.grandchildless, c penniless, d. humorless

1. I am thankful every day for the love of my precious, sweet family—my greatest wealth--beautiful inside and out.