Thanksgiving
First and foremost, thanks for my beloved, who completes me.
We have a home, food on the table and in the pantry, and two professional careers. We have health and dental insurance - a tragic concern for many. We have a certain degree of health and the means to maintain and improve it. I have a son of whom I am proud, and who does a fine job of providing for his own extended family. I have a large family of in-laws I am continuing to meet, who have all welcomed me. We have a community including friends, acquaintances, and chosen family, and have a certain degree of affection and respect within that community.
Today we're sweeping up a good friend - an adult orphan, for holiday planning purposes - and taking her over to the home of an old friend whose standard is, "If you don't have someplace to go for the holiday, you are supposed to come to my table". She is doing a goose, a duck, a ham, and every possible thing to go with it. Afterward we'll be stopping by my son's place for coffee and desert.
I love how many of my thanks today are phrased as "we", and acknowledge how bitter that would have made me to read - especially around family holidays - when I was single. I wish for my single friends to find a relationship that works for them, as mine has worked for me.
Life is good.
We have a home, food on the table and in the pantry, and two professional careers. We have health and dental insurance - a tragic concern for many. We have a certain degree of health and the means to maintain and improve it. I have a son of whom I am proud, and who does a fine job of providing for his own extended family. I have a large family of in-laws I am continuing to meet, who have all welcomed me. We have a community including friends, acquaintances, and chosen family, and have a certain degree of affection and respect within that community.
Today we're sweeping up a good friend - an adult orphan, for holiday planning purposes - and taking her over to the home of an old friend whose standard is, "If you don't have someplace to go for the holiday, you are supposed to come to my table". She is doing a goose, a duck, a ham, and every possible thing to go with it. Afterward we'll be stopping by my son's place for coffee and desert.
I love how many of my thanks today are phrased as "we", and acknowledge how bitter that would have made me to read - especially around family holidays - when I was single. I wish for my single friends to find a relationship that works for them, as mine has worked for me.
Life is good.