There are many things for which I am thankful this Thanksgiving. I am incredibly rich and have been blessed far beyond what I deserve. I am spending Thanksgiving with the family I adore. That alone is worth immesurably more than anything else. I've realized in the past few weeks and months just how many people there are (who live just a few miles from me!) who really have no one. Without people to love you, what else is there? In my work, I often have to stifle my desire to gather some of my clients under my arms like little chickens and bring them home with me and mother them, because it's so painfully obvious what the lack of nurturing has meant to their wellbeing.
I am so thankful to have been born into a family where I knew nothing but love and contentment. I'm blessed to have married a man who I just really like, in addition to being in love with him. We've been graced with a daughter who is an absolute delight and who enthralls us with her antics and sweetness. We're all healthy. Although we've lost people who were so dear to us, we have happy memories and no regrets about our relationships with them.
We live in a land of plenty. We have jobs we actually enjoy. We have friends who are loyal and funny. We have two furry little creature-people who spread dog hair around and make our house even more lived in. We were blessed with education and opportunity. We have a reason to get up in the morning and nothing to dread when we fall asleep at night.
For these things and so many others, I am truly thankful.
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