While thankfulness is something I’m mindful of year round, as the 4th Thursday of November draws near each year, I find that I take a few extra moments to focus on what in my life causes me to be thankful. For today’s Ten on Tuesday, the prompt is “things I’m thankful for right now” – so, in no particular order…
If Nantucket Cranberry Pie is being made, it must be Thanksgiving…
Vacation Days – combined with the company holidays, they allow me to be down here in the ‘Ville for a full week with the family…
Wifi & Email – Even though I’m on vacation, I still need to have a bit of connection to work for some projects that I’m driving…thankfully email can be accessed & dealt with from anywhere..
Church Family Thanksgiving – Our church here in the ‘Ville has a lovely tradition for the Sunday before Thanksgiving where instead of a “traditional” service we pause to reflect on the Thanksgivings in our lives and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal together. The whole event has us seated around round tables in the sanctuary and sharing together…
Family Time – Last week, a friend at work asked what all the family was going to do while I was home – when I commented that we didn’t necessarily have a lot planned but we can be happy all sitting in the living room lost in books with mugs of good coffee, she commented that she wanted to do that…
A Kindle filled with good books – Our schedule (or lack of it), for the week means plenty of time to plow through several titles…so far, 3 books have been finished since I left PA on Saturday…
A Packers win – a bit silly, for sure…but it was fun to cheer on the game with the whole family on Sunday afternoon…seeing my sister respond to some plays was especially humorous – no emojis in our standard game-time texting can quite convey her passion at some moments…
Operation Christmas Child – On Sunday afternoon, Mom, Rebecca & I shopped for and filled shoeboxes for 4 children. I’m thankful that Mom & Dad instilled in us from an early age the importance of helping others…
Social media – Honestly, this is a love/hate relationship…but I’m thankful for how I’ve been able to reconnect with high school friends in recent years – and the opportunity to see them when I’m home in the ‘Ville…
Desserts for breakfast – Growing up, it was always a treat when Mom made baked apples for dessert…because most of the time it meant that we would have dessert for breakfast the next day. These days, a new tradition is leftover Nantucket Cranberry Pie for breakfast on Thanksgiving Monday since I now make a double batch of this “new fave” treat to take to church Thanksgiving on Sunday…
Air Travel – Yes, sometimes this can be quite frustrating…but it makes living far away from family more bearable when I can easily catch a flight home for holidays and other times…
As we pause this week, what are you most thankful for right now?
