Gratitude

With Thanksgiving right around the corner now seems like a good time to reflect on things I'm thankful for:

Maddy and Anna's test results for H1N1 coming back negative . . . receiving copies of the newspaper in which my poem, The Color of Bones, was published . . . my landlady offering to pay me to clean an apartment . . . not having to deal with my mother's visit at Christmas time this year . . . having enough ink in my printer for making a booklet of my poetry . . . my flannel pjs on cold winter nights . . . the ability to laugh . . . my online friends . . . one of my son's uninstalling my air conditioner so I can cover the window with plastic . . . the prospect of continuing to heal from childhood abuses . . . good books to which I return again and again to feed my soul . . . my love for God (and most especially his for me!) . . . my sons and grandkids.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!