Somehow I’ve always related Thanksgiving with a time that I do a year-in-review. Maybe it is to prepare me for those unexpected “let’s share around the table something you’re thankful for…” situations I so often find myself in. I know it makes more sense at the turn of the new year but I can no longer account for how my brain works or doesn’t for that matter.
This has been one busy year…but don’t I feel like that every year? All I had to do was to go back through my iPhoto library and email account to see what has been going on in the previous dozen months to remember. Alot has gone down – some good, some not so good, some hopeful and some really depressing. It really is easy to get sidetracked and just focus on present circumstances (like the call 10 minutes ago from the car repair shop advising of a $1000 fix). That is not a place for my creative brain to dwell if I need energy.
So where have we been…what makes me hopeful…what am I thankful for – even if it is being thankful just to be done with something:
A magical night when the gypsies came to sing.
The hope of a movie to make and options on book rights secured…even if there is no money in sight yet. Just the dreams can be enough. ‘Coz that’s what Dot&Cross boys have taught us to do.
A relatively quick and “easy” time at hospice.
Uncertain days ahead but certain of the task at hand.
Hundreds of thousands of miles traveled across some of the most dangerous places on the planet and safe returns with pretty little baubles in hand.
Not more than four visits to the hospital..maybe a couple more between all of us…but none that kept us there days and days.
Shadows that aren’t scary.
Lots of songs and movies “in the can”.
Very unsexy but necessary house repairs on a foursquare built in 1905.
Days that Bella gets a bath.
And the courage to jump into the raging river of the internet in my own little lifeboat called “1eyedmonkee”.
For these few things I’m grateful and for the ones who share the journey holding me up. There are a million more things I’ve failed to mention…but what will I blog about for the days and minutes to come if I tell you everything right now?
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