We have so many things to be thankful for as part of this holiday week-end. For the most part we are blessed with good health. We are blessed with the happiness of family and friends. We are blessed with what I know will be a great meal. I have some things that I have to work at as I am not am not thankful for. I am not thankful for the loss of Debra who left us in 2021. I am not thankful for her empty chair at the dinner table this weekend. There is so much that is going to be missing and yet so much to be thankful for.

When I think back to when Debra passed, I never thought of all those holiday times that made that so special. I think some of that comes natural as the days, weeks and months drift by.

But I am thankful. There are so many people that are not as blessed and don’t have that much to be thankful for. There is so much negativity in t he world today and so many people that don’t have that much if anything to be thankful for.

But I am thankful.

I am thankful that I am able to write this article for you and that you are able to read it. There are so many in the world today that do not have that ability. When we call it a night tonight know that I am thankful for your love and warm hugs that help me through the night.

But most important I am thankful for you.