Obligatory "thankful" post
posted in Holidays and Festivals |Every year at this time, U.S. blogs are filled with an outpouring of “I am thankful for…” posts, due to Thanksgiving Day.
Lemming-like, I follow suit.
I’m thankful for OmegaDad. He’s an amazing person. He cooks like a dream. He is thoughtful (oh-so-thoughtful, really!), in both senses of the word. He makes beautiful gardens. And he makes me laugh. Even when I’m totally grumpy and bitchy, he can make me laugh. I love him immensely, and am thankful for him being in my life.
I’m thankful for OmegaDotter, who is right now listening to a Barney video doing “This is the way we wash our clothes”, and running in place next to me in a purple gymnastics leotard. It has been an amazing adventure to be parent to this child. She’s smart, and funny, and sweet, and silly, and very creative. She’s her own person, and every time I turn around, she reveals something new about herself, or discovers something new about herself.
I’m thankful for OmegaGranny. What can I say? I love my mom. She’s a really cool person. As I’ve said before, if I met my mom unknown, she would become an instant friend–she’s just that kind of person.
I’m thankful for still having Great Grandma around. Marguerite will be celebrating her 104th birthday in a few weeks. Think about that for a few minutes. She was born in the year Wilbur and Orville Wright made their famous flights at Kitty Hawk. She has seen the invention of computers, the spreading prevalence of automobiles and telephones, a landing on the moon, two world wars–the world is totally different than it was when she was born.
I’m thankful that we sold our house when we did; the value plummeted further after our assessments were done, and by the time we got our equity, the Zillow value was down another 12%, off 29% from the Zillow high in the summer of 2006. Yes, 29%.
I’m thankful I have a bunch of readers who are willing to listen to me whinge, and pat me on the head and tell me it’s going to be better, but it’s understandable to be feeling the way I do right now. That’s pretty special.
We’re having Crispy Duck, yams, green bean casserole (I wanted green beans. OmegaDad heard “green bean casserole”. What we have here is a failure to communicate.), pumpkin pie, all the stuff. Hope your Thanksgiving Day feast is as yummy!
