Tag: thankfulness

  • Thanksgiving

    Being an even-numbered year, this Thanksgiving weekend was supposed to be a Logan family reunion, when we gather together and play games, make puzzles, and go on hikes. We share delicious food and our lives. We talk about what’s happened over the past two years and make predictions for the next couple.

    This year, we didn’t meet. And none of us had 2020 in our predictions.

    Instead, we stayed with our individual families, still thankful for those in our lives and the good that has happened.

    • My family. You’re the best!
    • My friends. As one said this morning, “You kept me sane this year.” Likewise.
    • Health. It’s been “interesting” but as brother Bob says, “Every day above ground is a good day.” My condolences to those who have lost someone dear.
    • Modern medicine. Had we lived at any time much earlier than now… ’nuff said. And that goes for more than just this year.
    • Pets. Ours are amateur therapy animals. I love a dog or cat flopped hard against me. And the grins that come from both ends of the leash make it easy to ignore the weather.
    • Social media. I’ve enjoyed looking at what my friends and family have posted today. It’s not the same as being there, or even being on the phone/Zoom, but it’s nice.
    • The internet and music. Without these, I don’t think surviving 2020 would have been possible.
    • Voters. I’m thankful for all 154,000,000 or so that participated in our great experiment. I’m hopeful for the coming years. Let’s work together.

    This is just a partial list, both in (1) who and what is included and (2) why.

    Have you considered why you could be thankful?

  • Remembering mom, two years on

    Two years ago, I lost my mom.

    In our family room hangs her oil painting of me in the redwoods when I was a child. On our kitchen drainboard sit the orchids I got after going to an orchid show with her and dad. Outside our kitchen window, the muted chimes resemble those in the gentle tree guarding where she rests. And the moon watches over all.

    They all remind me of mom.

    Yet, it’s not just things that do.

    When I iron a shirt, when I cook a favorite recipe, when I mop the floor and make my bed.

    She taught me how to do all these; they remind me of mom.

    But it’s not just housework.

    When I send a card, when I take the time to help, when I volunteer, when I say a kind word, when I’m at my very best.

    That’s my mom. That’s who I remember.

    And I’m thankful.

  • Tecumseh on Giving Thanks

    When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

    Tecumseh

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