It’s not that I’m not grateful every single moment of every day, but certainly, days before Thanksgiving, the thankfulness I feel for my dear friends and family is worth mentioning publicly.
Without my daughter Trish, and my two closest friends, Dan and Cindy, I have no idea how I would have survived this past year. Oh, and I cannot leave out my cherished dog Rosie ( a Pit Bull, by the way). I may shower and dress before I meet Cindy or Dan, but Rosie loves with with morning breath and through every single bad hair day.
Who makes your life better? Think about it today and every day, and let each person know just how special they are in your life.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Boy, have I seen change in my life! I have seen seat belts placed in cars, I have lived through the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the assassination of JFK, RFK, Marin Luther King, Jr., and the eight dismal and damaging years of George W. Bush.
The change I witnessed last night, however, is monumental, and I couldn’t be happier. That this country spoke and said that it’s ready to move forward not only with compassion and thought, but that it has chosen to turn a blind eye to race, overwhelms me with emotion that brings me to tears.
I await the day when reference to color, ethnicity, creed, or sexual orientation is never part of a sentence again. I await the day when we are all kind and forgiving of one another and when we settle conflict with words and not war.
Today I have hope…all things are possible. It’s great to be an American!
And to quote my friend Merf – “I wonder if Sarah Palin now understands what a community organizer does?”
