My Thanksgiving Thoughts of Thankfulness
Every year on Thanksgiving people seem to finally pause and give thought to those things we have to be thankful for.
These may seem inconsequential to another but to us they are things that made/make a difference. It might be a person, a thing, an event or something less tangible. But year in year out we pause and reflect. Now some may not think beyond the big meal, the football game or even the sales that will take place the next day. But for me, especially this year, it has been a day of reflection. There will be no big turkey dinner. No gathering with family or friends this Thanksgiving. I hadn’t written my Thanksgiving post earlier in the day as I have spent the day pondering the many people and things I have to be thankful for this year. Although there have been challenges this year, as in any year, injuries, stress, people saying or doing hurtful things, it also has been filled with blessings.
I have been trying to find the words to tell all of you how thankful I am this Thanksgiving, and everyday, that you are all part of my life, even those I have never met in person but that I know virtually thanks to the amazing internet?
Some of you have been there for the smiles, for the tears, the shocks, the speechlessness, the growth, the loss, the dreams and so much more.
You have shared of yourselves, given emotional support, called when I was devastated, shared meals or drinks (for those I have met in person). You’ve shared laughter and tears, your words, your dreams even your daily experiences and challenges. You have challenged, mystified, amused and even broke my heart at times.
Some of you have even surprised me with your show of friendship by facilitating my achieving one of my goals which I talk about in my “What would you have asked Stan Lee?” article. It’s friend’s like this that I am overwhelmed by, the ones that would make something happen for another for no other reason than because they know it would make the person happy.
It’s the friend that would call within moments of reading something that was written, knowing immediately the heart break, hurt and anger being felt even though they had never met you that make me eternally grateful that they have entered my life.
It is hard to believe that one year ago this site was but a dream, so yet another thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. A mentor that challenged me. Readers that visit my site. And people that believed in me, even before the site existed, believed that I could do this and thus helped me to believe in myself.
More than anything else this year, I am thankful for all of you this Thanksgiving.
In all of that we have become a community even when we are worlds apart.
For all that and so much more I thank you for being part of my life.
