Thanksgiving is fast approaching and it's now or never to reflect on what I am thankful for. I don't mean to wait until this time of the year to be so thankful and grateful, but I do.
I am thankful each and every day that I wake up and I am alive, breathing and ready to face another day head on. I'm not in the obit's yet. I don't take that for granted at all. I think what I do take for granted are the little things that happen throughout the day, that maybe I don't notice right away, but should. The little acts of kindness that I see people give to complete strangers. A smile, a pat on the back, a hug. Letting someone in a long grocery line that only has a few things to buy. Little things. Opening doors for someone, picking up something that has dropped for someone. Little things that I sometimes find myself waiting to see if someone else is going to do it. I love paying it forward.......was in a coffee drive through, I paid for my coffee, and bought the next two cars in line..........I did this because someone paid for my coffee a few days before. Not only did the coffee warm my belly, but that small act of kindness warmed my soul. I am thankful for those little acts and gestures. It wakes me up and makes me appreciate not only the small things in life, but the biggest gifts I have received ........my family.
I am thankful for the three fine young men I have been given to raise. Who are on the path of being successful. It hasn't all been wine and roses with these three or I should say four as my hubby was also a kid at times. There were definite days that I did not like them. Loved them, but I didn't like them. A wonderful husband who gives me the moon to walk on. Who now knows that I am an important part of his life and that he would be lost without me.
I cannot change the world, but I would like to. I can only do my part in helping others less fortunate. I am thankful that I can at least help. This we do all the time. If it's not monetary, it's the smile, the hugs, the words I say. At this stage in my life, I don't need much and I don't want much. Like everyone else, I just want happiness for everyone. I want the small things in life to be the big things. The things that I take for granted, to be what I am most thankful for.
I cannot go without saying that I am thankful for 1 F Jef. He's what everyone person around that has any sense wants bottled and preserved, to open whenever. I know he's not perfect. I don't want him to be perfect. Too boring.....but I don't want anything to knock him off the pedestal he's been so lovingly placed upon. So 1 F Jef, I am thankful you are on this high horse you are riding. as the white knight of chivalry. The do-gooder with a smile that warms the cockles of everyones heart. A voice that is as smooth as...........................silk(?).....so mesmerizing that it makes the young and the old, get glassy and doe eyed. You, my dear young man, I am thankful for. You have brought a spark into a lot of peoples lives. Not only for what you are, who you are, but for what you represent. Thank you, thank you, thank you....................
For my family, friends and a good turkey waiting to be stuffed, have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Too much to do this week to concentrate on anything but having my family all home this year, sitting around the table, gorging ourselves and enjoying each others company. I can say that this year has truly been a thankful year.
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