Giving Thanks

This is the one holiday that we think of as the food holiday. As with other holidays, I worry that we forget what this day symbolizes. For me, it is a time to think about every thing for which we are grateful. In my everyday life I work to stay aware and express gratitude. On Thanksgiving, we share our food and go around the dinner table and share those things for which we are grateful.

I am grateful for a wonderful husband who is my life partner and soul mate. I am grateful to live in our cozy home on our land in beautiful Sonoma County. I am grateful for my health (now I am beginning to sound like my folks!), but so TRUE!!! I am grateful to have a great relationship with my mother-in-law/friend. I am grateful for all of our animals, all 48, and the joy that they bring us. I am grateful for a family of diverse personalities and opinions. (How boring would it be if we were all the same!!!)I am grateful for dear friends. My mother once said you could live in hell if you had friends there. Not only do I have friends here, but around the world, thanks to the email age. I am grateful for my job that I do love. I am grateful to live in the United States, with all of the privelages and opportunities that it offers. I am grateful for the freedom of press, among other things covered in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

To sum it up, I am grateful today and every day! Happy Thanksgiving!