On this Thanksgiving day, I realize I have much to be grateful for, perhaps even more so than in past years. Today, I am breaking away from the ridiculous and listing some things that I am extremely thankful for... This is mostly in no particular order.
1) I am thankful for my home. It isn't much by most people's standards, but it is home, and we almost didn't have it. (Long story I'll not delve into.)
2) I am thankful for my job. Yes, at times my supervisors and co-workers can get under my skin, but it is a good, secure job with numerous possibilities for the future, if I so choose. For now, I'm glad I have the position I do, in this time when so many fine, outstanding people are struggling to find work.
3) I am thankful for God's patience, which I have tried many a time.
4) I am thankful for my children, who, though they can be a source of headaches at times, are the beautiful, remarkable kids that I dreamed about, even years before I met my wife.
5) I am especially thankful for my wife, who has meant what she said when she vowed "For better or worse." She has often seen me at both extremes.
6) I am thankful for pain. Without it, I wouldn't have realized how dangerously close we were to being ripped apart as a family.
7) I am thankful for my freedom. I am free to worship as I choose, express myself and prosper as much as I can.
8) I am thankful for my friends, especially my old college roommate, Dan, who taught me an invaluable lesson in facing the most dire of obstacles and overcoming through sheer determination. (My prayer for him is that he remembers what he taught me as he confronts some amazing difficulties now.)
9) I am thankful for my extended family. We haven't always seen eye-to-eye, but in the end, we all realize we're in this thing called life together, and have stuck it out through thick and thin.
10) Finally, and most importantly, I am thankful for God, who, though I fail to understand His ways more than ever, has proven Himself faithful and merciful to me, who deserves it least of all people.
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Wow! What a list! We both have so much to be thankful for. I thank God I have you, our precious children. . . . See my list. You Aren't The Only One whose thankful.
I love you. (kisses)
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