I am thankful for my tiny room that only fits my big bed with orange and purple mismatched sheets. I am thankful for my open door at night letting in the cool noisy and calming new york city breeze during this very warm and enjoyable (and perhaps scary?) autumn. I, in turn, must be thankful for my random mysterious bug bites. I am thankful for my poorly painted bright blue wall, which Arlena (my mom if you haven't read my earlier posts), says looks like an old school new york city bathroom blue color. (I am thankful that painting is not going to be my career...I am terrible and still don't understand painter's tape). I am thankful for my Arlena's overly blunt honesty that I often cannot begin to understand. I am thankful that I have such a beautiful mom amazing enough to cook an entire thanksgiving dinner with five different vegetables and homemade cranberry sauce for two people. I am thankful for organic juicy turkeys from a farm out east. I am thankful for good wine and cozy gold beeswax candles. I am thankful for left-over coconut pie in the mornings...and for leftover turkey after an eight hour waitressing shift (eaten cold of course against Arlena's wishes).
I am thankful for my small sometimes dysfunctional family and thankful for my dreams of a big family with may kids and pups. I am thankful for my sometimes painful past and for my dear friends who have illuminated the beauty of families that can and do work effortlessly. I am thankful for my love for my beloved black labrador mutt in heaven and thankful for the day that I can adopt another to call my own.
I am thankful for good people, genuine good people. I am thankful for these good souls that I have met in New York in Europe in the Middle East in Africa and for all of those I have yet to meet in my travels. I am thankful for those that inspire me to live humbly...those living hoping to simply make things better for someone else.
I am thankful that I have an opportunity to express my thanks and for my words. I am thankful for imagination and stories and books and philosophy and wisdom and teachers and young kids who want to learn and those who don't know they want to learn yet who will challenge me all of my life. I am thankful for then and now and tomorrow and you and me.
Give thanks, cheers.
I am thankful for my small sometimes dysfunctional family and thankful for my dreams of a big family with may kids and pups. I am thankful for my sometimes painful past and for my dear friends who have illuminated the beauty of families that can and do work effortlessly. I am thankful for my love for my beloved black labrador mutt in heaven and thankful for the day that I can adopt another to call my own.
I am thankful for good people, genuine good people. I am thankful for these good souls that I have met in New York in Europe in the Middle East in Africa and for all of those I have yet to meet in my travels. I am thankful for those that inspire me to live humbly...those living hoping to simply make things better for someone else.
I am thankful that I have an opportunity to express my thanks and for my words. I am thankful for imagination and stories and books and philosophy and wisdom and teachers and young kids who want to learn and those who don't know they want to learn yet who will challenge me all of my life. I am thankful for then and now and tomorrow and you and me.
Give thanks, cheers.
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