I am thankful...
- ...to have a warm(ish), snug(gish) house when the snow and cold and wind are everywhere outdoors. When I went out last night to move my car to the top of the driveway hill -- just in case we got that 11" - 20" of predicted snow all in one night -- I thought about the Native Americans who lived here a hundred+ years ago and how did they keep warm? I concluded that at least a few of them didn't and that every winter some of them died.
- ...that #1 son flew in on Monday, when the weather in both New York and Minneapolis was clear. And the terminal was peaceful, unlike the next day.
- ...that #2 son has a job he loves, especially when so many other 20-yo high school grads are unemployed. His job may not pay much, but it makes him happy (and gives him health insurance and a 401(k)).
- ...Smokey has a job, a good job, even though it means we won't see him until next Monday (or possibly Tuesday).
- ...to know that my family will all be together to celebrate our own Christmas in our own good time.
- ...to have good friends who invite us to have Christmas dinner with them.
- ...to have a refrigerator and freezer full of food for the other days.
- ...that the health care reform bill, flawed though it is, is likely to become law.
- ...for this blog, which has brought me into the internet community of knitters and bloggers.
- ...to have met you all, some of you FTF.
- ...for every day in this life, amen.