This Thursday's trenchermen (trencherpersons?) would never sit still at our Thanksgiving table for me to enumerate all the things I am thankful for at this difficult time in our history ... so I will burden you, poor reader, with my list:
- a populous awakening in this country to many of the things that seem seriously awry ... as demonstrated by the Tea Party and, yes, even in their perversity, by the Occupiers
- all my beautiful grandchildren ... and the hope that I have for their bright and healthy futures (much of which I will probably never witness)
- all my children and their spouses who have produced these wonderful grandchildren and who are so carefully molding their lives within a creative and moral template
- my wife, Jeanette, who has been such a great mother, grandmother, and life partner. She has tirelessly toiled to create for me a wonderful home and make me a better person than I otherwise would have been
- the legacy that previous generations of Americans have left to us (in particular those who have given their lives) so that we can experience our national uniqueness and the best standard of living in history
- those (very) few politicians who had put their country ahead of their personal interests ... Ronald Reagan and Harry Truman, in particular, come to mind
- a leftover turkey sandwich bulging with stuffing, cranberry sauce, and lots of Hellmann's mayonnaise
1 comment:
very sweet
one of the children
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