Thankful Thursday: the Christmas Eve edition.

24 December 2009

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.

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