As I sat in the back row of our UU church service, our reverend was talking about being thankful not only on Thanksgiving, but on a daily basis. She talked about being thankful for things that were going right in her life, based on what had previously gone wrong or rather not the way she'd wanted them to go. My alarm goes off, thankfully because the electricity didn't go out in the middle of the night starting the alarm clock over at 12:00am and hence making the alarm clock part not work. I walk to the bathroom and realize that Zoe didn't barf in the middle of the path to bathroom so I thankfully didn't step in anything gross with my bare feet. Understand now? I could really relate to how she felt, searching for things to be thankful for in my life, without attributing my good fortune to things not going wrong. So this Thanksgiving I have tried to be thankful for all of the things I have and the good things that have happened in my life thus far. I am happy to be sitting here in a home with heat, while it is cold and rainy outside, watching my most precious boy play in the living room. He has grown so much and I can hardly believe that he just turned 2! Another thing to be thankful for, Esau and another birthday.
Dad raked a huge pile of leaves for Esau to jump into, something I missed in New Mexico. Thank goodness for the leaves on trees, the changing weather and dad for raking all of them! I am also thankful for family, friends, rainbows, crisp wintery days, hot smoldering summer days, friendly pets, maple nut goodies (mmmmmm, my favorite), memories, white wine, red wine, mountains, birds, choo-choos (otherwise known as trains), staplers, herbal remedies, midwives, stuffed animals, rain, deer, the woods, the list goes on....
As I sat in the back row of our UU church service, our reverend was talking about being thankful not only on Thanksgiving, but on a daily basis. She talked about being thankful for things that were going right in her life, based on what had previously gone wrong or rather not the way she'd wanted them to go. My alarm goes off, thankfully because the electricity didn't go out in the middle of the night starting the alarm clock over at 12:00am and hence making the alarm clock part not work. I walk to the bathroom and realize that Zoe didn't barf in the middle of the path to bathroom so I thankfully didn't step in anything gross with my bare feet. Understand now? I could really relate to how she felt, searching for things to be thankful for in my life, without attributing my good fortune to things not going wrong. So this Thanksgiving I have tried to be thankful for all of the things I have and the good things that have happened in my life thus far. I am happy to be sitting here in a home with heat, while it is cold and rainy outside, watching my most precious boy play in the living room. He has grown so much and I can hardly believe that he just turned 2! Another thing to be thankful for, Esau and another birthday. 
