Happy Thanksgiving 2007
This is the first year in at least five where I've made time to sit down and call almost everyone and wish them Happy Thanksgiving. OK, well I know a TON of people, so I didn't get to everybody, but I was able to pick up the phone and call people. Ironically I missed a few important ones, and I'm sorry for that, but I was thinking of you. I'm grateful to have been able to make those calls.
I have a wife who is beyond anything I could have ever wished for. Tonight she made us a Turkey and all the fixins. And two weeks ago she told me she was pregnant. And I'm excited and scared and in love all at the same time. Without her I would have none of anything I have today.
I wake up in an apartment everyday and thank God that I live in it. And that we manage to pay the rent every month. And some months it doesn't look like we're going to be able to make it, but we do. Which makes it even more special that we have it.
That we have two cats. The last cats we ever own. There's a saying that two cats are three cats too many. It's true. But I love them and can't imagine not having them around. I'm thankful for them.
I'm grateful for the friends that I have found after years of not having them in my life. I'm grateful for the friends that have been there the whole time, even when I was too crazy to be.
I'm grateful for my family. All of them. Every last one. I'm trying to be a good family member, especially an uncle. And alot of the time I don't succeed, and I know it, and I'm sorry. And don't patronize me and tell me that I'm A-1 primo and not to worry about it. I DO worry about it, and I DO suck sometimes, and right now there's not that much I can do about it. And I'm not OK with that and I hope to fix it someday. But not today. I can't. And I'm OK with that. And I'm grateful.
I'm grateful my demons are in check today. I could go into them, but I'll spare you. But I'm glad for that.
I have more work than I can do. And I let people down sometimes. But some people have no work. I'm glad I have it.
I have a relatively casual non-committed relationship with God. Maybe that's not altogether accurate. I'm as close to God as I can be without involving other human beings. Although I prayed aloud at dinner tonight, and I think that's progress. And I asked everybody to hold hands. And they did. And I'm grateful.
There's so many more things, but they're personal and not be gone into in such a public forum as Myspace (and Live Journal). I'm blessed and I know it. And I try everyday to balance the scales.
I hope this note finds you well and well fed. God Bless.....and Happy Thanksgiving.
I have a wife who is beyond anything I could have ever wished for. Tonight she made us a Turkey and all the fixins. And two weeks ago she told me she was pregnant. And I'm excited and scared and in love all at the same time. Without her I would have none of anything I have today.
I wake up in an apartment everyday and thank God that I live in it. And that we manage to pay the rent every month. And some months it doesn't look like we're going to be able to make it, but we do. Which makes it even more special that we have it.
That we have two cats. The last cats we ever own. There's a saying that two cats are three cats too many. It's true. But I love them and can't imagine not having them around. I'm thankful for them.
I'm grateful for the friends that I have found after years of not having them in my life. I'm grateful for the friends that have been there the whole time, even when I was too crazy to be.
I'm grateful for my family. All of them. Every last one. I'm trying to be a good family member, especially an uncle. And alot of the time I don't succeed, and I know it, and I'm sorry. And don't patronize me and tell me that I'm A-1 primo and not to worry about it. I DO worry about it, and I DO suck sometimes, and right now there's not that much I can do about it. And I'm not OK with that and I hope to fix it someday. But not today. I can't. And I'm OK with that. And I'm grateful.
I'm grateful my demons are in check today. I could go into them, but I'll spare you. But I'm glad for that.
I have more work than I can do. And I let people down sometimes. But some people have no work. I'm glad I have it.
I have a relatively casual non-committed relationship with God. Maybe that's not altogether accurate. I'm as close to God as I can be without involving other human beings. Although I prayed aloud at dinner tonight, and I think that's progress. And I asked everybody to hold hands. And they did. And I'm grateful.
There's so many more things, but they're personal and not be gone into in such a public forum as Myspace (and Live Journal). I'm blessed and I know it. And I try everyday to balance the scales.
I hope this note finds you well and well fed. God Bless.....and Happy Thanksgiving.