Looking toward Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving gives us the opportunity to reflect upon the goodness that has been showered upon us. It's all to easy to spend our lives obsessing over the things we want and to forget to give thanks for that which we have received. And we have all received so much. Everything, actually. Everything is a gift.

 I want to thank you for the two happy years that we have been able to share, Margo.

I have seen and felt so much during this time. I have felt your unconditional acceptance when I was feeling insecure and wounded. I have seen your face light up when I walked into your kitchen after a long day, and it thrilled my heart. I have felt respected and valued. I have felt cherished. I can't tell you how much it has meant to me. Thank you


Thanksgiving
I'm glad to have a holiday that encourages me to turn my thoughts from my wants to what I'm grateful to have received from life.

Saturday, November 23

Thanksgiving wishes

Margo,
This is the week that we offer up thanks.
to others. I thank others for it is human interactions that change me . . .
Thank you.

Being with you these last two years has been a blessing.
You always valued what I have had to say; you always treated me as if I were someone to embrace, someone to be valued. I've always
Thank you for loving my children--who they are and who they can become
I can't tell you how nice it has felt for me to walk into your kitchen and see you turn you head just a bit and smile at me.
Thank you most of all for your concern and the love that you have sent to me when I've been down. You're a very accepting person.

November 15--I see Shakespeare in Love

We don't have to live our lives as the characters of the poets do. We are masters of our fortune. Obstacles do not have to be insurmountable as they are in tragedies, and love need not be unrequited. It's a long and good life we have been given. Let it be so.