Thankful

I’ve never been one to sit around and list everything I’m thankful for, even though when I was a kid my parents would have us sit around the Thankgiving table and tell everyone. I’m more of the type to think to myself every day as I experience something, or someone crosses my mind, “wow. i am so lucky.”

But sitting around all day yesterday with friends and [assumed] family, feeling so comfortable and full and relaxed, it occured to me this morning that maybe I should relay my fortune. So while not covering everything, here’s a smattering of things for which I am grateful:

//post-surgical health. walk and run and jump and fall. and live. it’s been slow-going, but when i think back to august and remember the two weeks i could hardly walk, every time i run up the stairs or bend and twist my body in ways i never thought i would again, i think i actually feel myself glow.

//ian. laugh and love and feel and think. i don’t usually enunciate the mushy-mushy, but i think that if there’s such a thing as a twin for a soul, his is mine.

//friends. old and new and familiar and intriguing. i have taken and given and so have they. months can go by and we never need to play catch-up. we are so not the same and it’s wonderful.

//my kitties. soft and purr and sleep and love. the best listeners, and never tell me my ass looks fat in those jeans.

//my family. loud and crazed and anger and strength. yes we are dysfunctional, but they’ve made me the way that i am today–good and bad. if i love myself, it’s because i’ve loved them and lived to remember it.

//career. moving and breathing and on its way. hard work pays off. dues are still being paid, but i get cash back this time.

//knowledge. free and open and expand and indulge. every day something new. i am insatiable in my pursuit of it. good knowledge gives back more than it takes.