Thanksgiving eve, and in fifty years on this planet I truly dont think this day has ever been more real to me. My beloved friend Kim advised me many months ago to begin each day with a gratitude list. But, being a frail, fallible human being, that is not what I did today. No, today began as it has so many times before with me feeling sorry for myself. My first Thanksgiving without my Daddy, I cried to my husband, who will carve the turkey, Daddy always carved the turkey My first Thanksgiving without my son and daughter, who are so very far away. But God was bigger than my pity party today because he gave me a job to do. For the past two weeks I have had the honor of being able to give back a tiny bit of what has been given to me. I have had the privilege of caring for a beloved family member who was injured. She has taught me so much. As I miss ONE child, she misses four, and I have cared for her and never heard one complaint, as she struggles to recover, as her house is overrun with Nurses, Physical Therapist and the like, she has been ever the obliging patient. Never to have so much as a meager cup of tea placed before her without a heartfelt Thank You So gracious in the midst of pain and disappointment. Worried yes, but not for herself but for her family and the folks who care for her. I am at a loss. Then, and I am told when you can find gratitude in the unlikely perhaps you are growing, my beloved son calls me today and in the midst of doing his job, his one and only warm winter coat was stolen. Why am I grateful about this? Because when he called and told me, instead of ranting and cussing the person that stole his coat, all he could say, in a perplexed tone of voice was, Mom, if they really needed a coat, all they had to do was ask me. Here I sit with the most wonderful family in the world, a new fat and sassy grandbaby, and it takes these things to shake me back to a state of gratitude. I am so blessed! HAPPY THANKSGIVING BELOVEDS. NAMASTE.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:44:28 +0000
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