Giving Thanks

It's so easy to get "down in the dumps" in the world we're presently living in. Add to that a nasty head and chest cold--and it's even easier.

I've been sleeping, coughing and sneezing when not writing for clients for the past two days...and it doesn't look like it's going to get any easier in the next day or so.  I may even have to stay home for Thanksgiving! That would be so un-cool!

I've already bailed on my nursery duty for this week at church. It's just one day, but I hated doing it.  That's when every one of the people who volunteer with me there stepped in and said they'll pinch hit for me.  It took a load off my mind, for sure...

Getting that enthusiastic response led me to think of other ways I'm thankful.

I'm thankful I have a passion/skill that is carrying me through this recession. I've been so busy writing this week (after a brief famine) that I'm going to be okay again this month. (It's a month to month thing.)  I don't have any "discretionary" income, so there'll be no holiday gifts from me this year, but the people who love me couldn't care less about that. I'm thankful for that!

I'm thankful for those of you who contact me on Facebook, by email, by phone, or right here  to let me know you're thinking of me and praying for me.

I'm thankful I have friends, near and far, who go to bat and "defend"  me when I can't (or won't) do it myself, even when they're a little or a lot over the top and I have to reel them back in!

I'm thankful for my faith. Without it, I'd be anxious almost non-stop trying to make a living in the only way available to me right now--and in the only way I've ever wanted to make a living: via the written word.

I'm thankful for healthy pets and a loving family.

I'm thankful for a gazillion other things, but I need to lie down again.  Just thought I'd take a moment to wish every one of you a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you're every bit as blessed and thankful as I am and as you deserve to be.  You've blessed me: I hope you reap what you sow a hundred times over.

Hugs!