I’m thankful for how great my life is now. It wasn’t much fun at all until I came to Florida 8 1/2 years ago and got married.
I’m thankful that I’m having such a good marriage, when so many before me have failed.
Like the poster above, I’ve also reconnected with a couple of old friends from high school, and I’m thankful that they’re still alive and kicking, despite divorces and heart attacks and losing businesses.
I’m thankful that I have a best friend again, who has invited us to dinner with him and what’s left of his family tomorrow.
I’m thankful that I love my job, and no longer have to dread going to work or fear losing my job at somebody’s whim. This is the last year I will be working without benefits or vacation.
I’m sorry that my dentist has closed down her office before she finished rebuilding my teeth, but I’m extremely thankful that they have neglected to ask us for the grand we owe them.
I am thankful that my mom finally sold her restaurant so that she can retire.
I am thankful to be able to spend my first Thanksgiving with my boyfriend of 6 years. It’s sad that he only got to stay because he’s too sick to travel to his parent’s house, but I’m still happy to have him spend the holiday with my family!
I am thankful for my college education and the love and support that I get from my family.
On Thanksgiving Eve a year ago I was sitting in a doctor’s office with my daughter, waiting for her to be admitted to the hospital across the way. We’d just been told that she had to be admitted for tests because the doctor couldn’t do them on an outpatient basis for at least a week, and he didn’t think she’d live that long.
Turned out she had Ulcerative Colitis. Between steroids, immunosuppressives, a couple of bouts with respiratory bugs, and finally surgery, she was in hospital for a little over two months, and emerged sans large intestine. She’d missed celebrating Thanksgiving (her Thanksgiving dinner was a particularly repulsive laxative to prepare for a colonoscopy the next day), Christmas, New Years and her sixteenth birthday, and came out with a bag on her stomach and a prescription for methadone (to taper her down from two months on opiates).
But the important thing is that she left the hospital in a wheelchair and not on a cart. Later today I’ll be sitting down to dinner with a 16-year-old who is alive, feisty, drug-free, doing exceeding well in an online high school (she was at best an indifferent student before), and has a direction in life (to be a pediatric nurse).
I’m thankful for the love of my life who is sleeping upstairs. He’s honestly the best thing that’s ever happened to me, cliche though it may be.
I’m thankful for my parents. Even my dad. I’ve realized recently that even though my parents do some stupid things sometimes, they’re a hell of a lot better than some other parents I know. They love me and they’re nice to me, and I’m happy to have them in my life. My sisters are pretty cool too. And man, do I love those nieces and nephews of mine.
I’m thankful for my in-laws. I don’t know how I lucked out on this deal, but as far as in-laws go they’re top-notch. I’m looking forward to spending the day with them.
I’m thankful for my cats, who waited outside the bedroom door for me to get up this morning and then bounded down the stairs in front of me with such excitement you’d have thought it was the second coming of Christ.
I’m thankful for my dog who still loved me this morning even though I got mad at him for barking at me when I was mashing sweet potatoes with the electronic masher thingy at 2:30 this morning.
Same. I got laid off in June with a severence package of half a year’s salary. My new job (which I love) pays 40% more and I expect that to go up sharply in a couple of years. Even though I was able to bank some of my unemployment I was still stressed out about the situation. Not sure why because I’m single with no financial debt of any kind. Basically I was forced to take a bunch of money to leave and get a better job. Yah, I’m pretty stoked.
In a state that took a huge employment hit I was worried about the future. One of the people representing the company that bought us out actually referred to the people who stayed to the end as losers. Almost everyone in my department was able to find a better job that paid more money. The parent company bit off more than it could chew so the aquisition is a total nightmare.
So to that person who called us losers I say, AHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
I’d wish him a happy Thanksgiving (today) but he’s working.