happy thanksgiving

today i am thankful for my family. for the time we can spend together. for the support we offer to each other. for the traditions and fun times we share with each other. and i pray for the people in this world who feel alienated from their family. or have simply grown distant or estranged. or who are mourning the loss of a member of their family that they loved dearly.

today i am thankful for my friends. for the friends who listen to me. who support me. who give me hugs. who give me kisses. who make me laugh. who make me cry. who i could not live without for even one day. and i pray for the people in this world who are not surrounded and enveloped by friendship. who feel loneliness and isolation. who need someone to share their life with.

today i am thankful for warm houses, good food, hot coffee, soft pillows, cute clothes, a car that runs, and indoor plumbing. i am thankful for creativity, beauty, uniqueness and truth. i am thankful for music and concerts and iTunes. i am thankful for education, for scholars and professors and knowledge. i am thankful for people, for the people i pass on the street to the people i shake hands with and give hugs to at church. i am thankful for jane austin and jj abrams. i am thankful for the internet and NPR and the BBC and cable television. i am thankful for words, for voices, for speech. i am thankful for life. and love. and happiness. i am thankful for all of the amazing things that God has blessed me with today and yesterday and everyday.

and i'm thankful for YOU. for reading this. happy thanksgiving.