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10 Responses to “What are you thankful for?”

1. kaforeman Says:
   November 16th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

   I am incredibly thankful that I have a new, secure job! That’s a big deal in today’s economy. And I’m additionally thankful that I have a pretty good boss, unlike the last two crazy/evil bosses.

2. dlbaqua Says:
   November 16th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

   what a wonderful tradition
   I might steal your idea this year

   I’m thankful for everything normal in my life, the ordinary joys of living that I used to take for granted mean so much to me now when I think how close I came to losing my husband this year. I’m so thankful every time I look at him, even when he’s being irritating.

3. daughterofthedean Says:
   November 16th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

   dlbaqua, I am very happy that you did not lose your husband. That is indeed something to feel thankful for!

4. pbenn Says:
   November 16th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

   I’m thankful that my family is healthy, my parents are no longer in financial trouble, and I have a good job with a company I feel good about working for. We’re more financially secure than many people in this economy. I have a wonderful wife and two amazing children (adults now). I also have a great sister-in-law who’s always fun to be around.

5. touchedelf Says:
   November 17th, 2008 at 4:27 am

   I’m thankful that we have progressed as a nation as far as we have come. Oh there’s still a journey to make yet, still some loose ends to make into pretty, secure bows. But you know what? I’m thankful that I have the faith and the hope that I will see these things happen soon enough.

   I’m also thankful for the life my mother has given me. I can see it being no other way.

6. sidorski Says:
   November 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am

   I’m 88 so you can say yes I’m thankfull for two beutiful wives and an expanding family, so I wish them happiness.

7. Johnny U Says:
   November 17th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

   I am truely thankful everyday, but especially on Veterans Day, for the men and women who everyday lay their life on the line for all of us. These are not just words but literally a daily routine where ever they are stationed. You don’t have to have bullets flying over your head to be in a life threatening situation as there are many people in our own country and around the world that mean us extreme harm. It has become almost cliqueish to say “I support the troops”. How? How often? Where? When? A simple salute or nod of the head and a heart-felt Thank You goes a very long way. I am not denying anybodies patriotism or there choice to express it. But these men and women serve in places that you may not even find on the map, endure climate so extreme you wouldn’t want prisoners to be incarcerated, and work hours that a job at an hourly wage at GM would make them in the top of the wage earner catagory. And this is literally a drop in the bucket of what they do, on a daily routine, to keep our country safe, our freedoms intact, and liberty flowing like a summer rain. As a twentry year vet, I would love to take this oppurtunity to say I stand at attention, throw you a proud salute and to Thank all of you for a job well done. God Bless.

8. tendoublee Says:
   November 21st, 2008 at 7:32 pm

   I posted a photo just now of my family on our front lawn when I was an infant. It’s easy enough to say that I’m grateful for my family ( which is true) but even truer to me these days is being grateful for the panorama of time. I was born in the early 50’s. I am grateful for that childhood that now seems all too distant and innocent. While I was learning things in school during the 60’s the country was changing. Thoughts and concepts that seemsd so taken for granted a decade earlier, were being challenged. As a child and teenager I was being asked to be fluid in my thinking. I’m grateful to be a product of that conscientous wave. Likewise, I am particularly grateful to not only know where I was when Kennedy got shot (45 years ago this year) but to be old enough to know why it mattered. Each decade has brought it’s own change and revolution and while I was doing “this and so”, history was changing the life I led. Even in writing this, I’m struck by the fact that as a child I took a pencil box to school, took a typing class, in 8th grade, and now when I want to communicate with my friends in Europe I sit at my laptop and before I remove my finger from the send button “they have mail”! With our recent election I see no slowdown in our evolution; in fact I see an acceleration. So this year, I’m grateful for the back story of how we got here. It isn’t the turkey, it’s the fact that we’ve made it this far and in such a (relative) small amount of time. It’s the things we’ve brought with us AND the things we’ve jettisoned (good and bad!) to make the trip faster that define this difference. I heard a line in a drama that said “We may not be where we want to be, We may not be where we need to be, but we sure aren’t where we were.” This year I’m grateful for the journey

9. kaforeman Says:
   November 22nd, 2008 at 2:59 pm

   tendoublee, I couldn’t have said it better myself. I couldn’t even have said it half as well. As a fellow child of the 50s and 60s, I can really relate. I wonder what my 23-year-old son and 18-year-old daughter will say about their life 30 years from now? I hope they appreciate the journey as much as you (and I) do.

10. kaforeman Says:
    November 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    Well, we did the “thankful stones” ritual at Thanksgiving dinner yesterday and with just five of us we completely filled up a ceramic bowl with pebbles representing what we’re thankful for. Some of the things mentioned: hot and cold running water, including clean drinking water, a basic amenity we take for granted but that many people in the world don’t have; living in a place that’s at peace; a comfortable, safe house; a job; beautiful children (that was mine, with a joking addition that I wasn’t thankful for the “ugly” ones); good health; and so on. I was especially glad that my father-in-law, who is hard of hearing and a little vague, finally understood that this is not a “wishing” stones exercise and, unlike the last two years, didn’t say “I want to win the Lottery” as he dropped his pebble in the bowl. However, this year he at first thought the pebbles were candy as we passed them out, and he tried to eat one. We were all thankful that he didn’t break a tooth! But then we explained and he quickly got into the spirit of things. I’m thankful that my family was all together again for another year, that we had a wonderful meal (two wonderful meals counting the one we had at my sister’s house), and enjoyed each other’s company.

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