Giving thanks

"Do every act of your life as if it were your last."

- Marcus Aurelius

Today is the day before Thanksgiving in the States. This would be the day I would be cleaning the house, probably buying supplies for dinner, and making some of the dishes so I could warm them later. I might even be making a pumpkin pie, and not forgetting to put in one of the ingredients like the twins did when they were making the pumpkin pie for Helena's Halloween party.

Tomorrow would be the day that I take the turkey and fight with it to get the gizzards out, and put it in the oven with a baking bag to keep the meat juicy. And I would be making my famous green bean casserole that everyone raves about.

I would be sitting down to dinner with my loved ones, and giving thanks for the things that are so wonderful in my life.

I'm not in the U.S. this year, and I can't afford to have a Thanksgiving dinner here, so I'm just going to list the things I am thankful for, like I do every year.

I am thankful for;

1. family, most especially the twins.
2. laughter, because without it I think life would be awfully dull.
3. friends, because of their kindness, sense of fun and humor, and most of all their ways of bringing my spirits up.
4. health, because I have dear friends struggling with illness and I wish them the health that I have right now.
5. skills, knowledge and experience, because thank goodness I have some to be able to take on this new job. I would be really out of luck in finding a new job, otherwise.