sometimes it is ok to just list the good stuff

with so much to be thankful for i find myself at a loss of what to write.  it is not that i am not thankful - i am.  but i am not comfortable with kitschy, cliche-riddled thanksgiving fodder.  i struggle with this time of year anyway and the thought of writing about how thankful i am for people and opportunty that i should honor on a regular basis seems disingenuous or contrived.

instead, i am going to list some intangibles that are difficult to attach to a specific person or circumstance but are pretty darn cool when they do happen!

• the smell of lilacs coming through an open window after a summer nap
• finding $1 in your coat pocket left over from last winter
• discovering you are an hour early
• one more oreo in the row you thought was empty
• bag fries (you know, the 2 french fries that jump out of the fries holder into the bottom of the bag)
• how grandma's voice sounds so different when she takes her teeth out
• wild turkeys crossing the road right in front of you the day before thanksgiving with no regard
• a glance
• anticipation
• the purr noise my cat makes
• admitting
• saying the same thing at the same time that someone else does
• remembering your pin number in the atm line
• knowing without hearing
• a pinkie swear
• being reminded without the person who is reminding you getting angry at you for not remembering
• saying yes - not ya
• a good hair day
• loving anyway
• the weight of heavy covers on a cold night
• having so many great memories running through your mind you can hardly decide which one to settle on
• validation
• remembering a feeling so vividly that you would swear you were reliving it
• discovering you are not alone
• realizing you never were
• trusting in what you can not explain
• hope
• great music
• wit

i hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as i like writing it.