A Short Thanksgiving Message

Honestly, I’m trying my best to get into the spirit of the day.  Once I write this tome, I will retreat to the kitchen to start the turkey roasting.   At some point, I will also phone my holiday wishes to my brother, perhaps a cousin or two.  So, I will go through the motions of the holiday with hopes that the spirit of the day will overcome me like a smooth relaxing soak in the bathtub.

The day has challenges: Warrior Queen is still down with bronchitis. This will keep us from venturing out where the high temperature for today is forecast to be 30 degrees F.  I think this would be below zero Celsius.

My list of things to be thankful for is short this year:

I’m thankful that we still have a democracy in America.   Honestly, two years ago at this time I had doubts that we would exist at all.   Fortunately, the American experiment is still working with all the tools we need to fix it.   Make no mistake, the fix will be long, arduous and perhaps ugly at times, but it has to be done.  Perhaps next year I’ll have happier things to report for our country.

I’m thankful that my health is returning which will enable me to work more hours at work so I can pay down/off the medical bills I’ve accumulated while the local medical community cured my various ailments.   Yes, it is a vicious cycle.

I’m thankful for the people in my life; those close to me (WQ and the cats), those watching out for my well being when I don’t know they’re watching out for me, and those far away in the blogosphere.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!

(Thank you for reading.  “Much obliged, lord!” – Percy Kilbride in “The Egg and I”)