Today is Thanksgiving. This day is wrapped up in so many memories, most of them good, though not all.
My dad had a massive stroke in 1991 the day before Thanksgiving. We spent most of that holiday season visiting him in the hospital. He didn’t even make it to the next Thanksgiving, having died that next July.
I remember one year there were many areas on fire on Thanksgiving because we had terrible winds. That Thanksgiving night watching all the news coverage, it was horrible. You’d think you’d get used to it, but you don’t. When I was in high school we had terrible fires around Halloween.
Last year’s Thanksgiving. I was sick for three months, not going to lie. It was bad. I could not get rid of it and I had this terrible whooping sounding cough. We went to a restaurant for our meal instead of M making it and as we were walking into the restaurant, M fell. Didn’t get hurt, but, well, you know. The food wasn’t that great and I was just miserably sick. And it was about 95 degrees out.
This year, it’s supposed to be 66. Big difference. We are having it at our home, homemade by my own personal chef (ha), and I am not sick.
Here is what I am grateful for:
My health, M’s Health, my family, my mother around for another Thanksgiving, my friends, my readers, my readers who have become friends, the country I live in, for all its problems is still pretty damn great, Luna, my job, because yeah, we need jobs, my healthcare insurance, the ability I have to write stories that people care about and want to read, my house, still standing.
I am sure there are other things I have forgotten. But those are the ones on my mind.
What are you thankful for?
November 22, 2018 at 4:12 am
Happier and Happiest Thanksgiving!
1991, and I bet it feels just as powerful as yesterday, huh?
Grateful for my son and his family and our relationship. For appointed holidays when we get to just stop the usual grind and focus on each other and our blessings. And the traditional Cowboys game (which may or may NOT be such a blessing some years).
Grateful to have made it this far and still get to learn new things, and especially this whole new world I never knew existed that you’ve introduced us to.
Grateful to not be in such pain any more. Grateful for medical miracles all around us (and in my case, all inside me).
Grateful for my job. Much as it’s not my fave, it’s still better than last year’s!
Grateful to have this electronic outreach to hear about and read about others.
Give your mom and sister a hug for me (of course, just let them think it’s an extra one from you)
May the entire day go as beautifully as you wish it to.
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November 22, 2018 at 5:29 am
I’m sorry about your dad
I’m grateful for my family, friends, having a roof over my head, my health, my job, and being able to write and share my stories 🙂 plus I’m grateful for a whole bunch of other things that would take a paragraph or two to put here
I’d like it to be 66 here. Its about 8:30 in the morning and my temp app on my phone says its 27 degrees. I think it’ll get to a high of forty something today
Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 22, 2018 at 11:45 pm
I’m sorry to hear about your Dad.
I’m happy your Mom is able to share her love with you still.
I’m thankful for my family and friends, my house (mortgage and all), my job, the hospice workers that are so kind and helpful caring for my Dad. I’m grateful for the internet and being able to reach out to others . I’m grateful for you, Ivan and your uplifting stories of love, between two star-crossed lovers. I’m grateful for Spirk, because it makes me happy.
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving Day! ❤
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November 22, 2018 at 11:52 pm
PS I just saw your photos! So cute! Love how decorated the house looks inside. Very cozy! And the food looks yummy!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing! ❤
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