I Am Thankful
Posted by Kate on December 28th, 2008. Filed under: Musings.As 2008 comes to a close, we have an opportunity to reflect on the past year. Judging by the news reports, we should all be broke and out of a job in this terrible recession. The nightly news has turned into the bad news report. However, I think we all have so much to be thankful for, which no stock market or employer could ever take away from us. This excerpt comes from the Encyclopedia of Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal:
“I’m thankful for my health, my childhood, and spell check. I’m thankful for our new hot-water tank and how we no longer have to coordinate our dishwashing with our bathing. I’m thankful for the wide range of flavors potato chips come in–mesquite barbecue in particular. For platform shoes. For coincidences. I’m thankful for all the people who ever left, in those dishes by the cashier, a penny I later used. That I don’t know everything people say behind my back. I’m thankful I was born after the advent of indoor plumbing, and after the popularity of corsets. I’m thankful for insect repellent, nonstick pans, and Velcro. I’m thankful that people in real life don’t spontaneously break into song like they do in musicals, and that some weeds look like flower, and that at the end of a really bad day there is sleep. I’m thankful for maybe.”
I am thankful for my wonderfully fun and loving family, long talks with old friends, Cape Cod summers, and Edy’s peppermint ice cream with Gram’s hot fudge (and so much more).
What are you thankful for?
