What I’m Thankful For.

As Thanksgiving this year fast approaches, I have decided to evaluate my life, in order to determine what I am truly grateful for. To boil everything down, I would have to say that I am thankful for the love that is in my life—love that comes from others; and love that comes from myself.

 I was recently at my younger sister’s wedding in Washington, D.C.; and standing there, watching her kiss her beloved husband reminded me that romantic love is one of the strongest forces known to humankind. There is just something so special about loving someone else in that way—such love is different from the way in which you love yourself, and also different from the way that you love others.

 I love my family, and I love my friends; and I am entirely certain that they love me back. I am so blessed to know so many kind and special people, and I like to think that they are very fortunate to know me.

 I am thankful for the fact that I am healthy, and I am also very blessed to know that I am happy. I am even grateful for the fact that I remembered to bring my special shoes to Clare’s wedding. There was a time in my life when I was virtually incapacitated and incapable. From my bed, I would look across at the shoes, and say that I may never be active enough to wear them again. Just last month, I proudly wore them to my sister’s wedding ceremony. Everything about that day was basically perfect, and I am certain that I will always remember things that way.

 So, to sum up—this year, and every year, I am grateful for the abundance of the love that is in my life. I was grateful to wear my special shoes to the wedding. I was grateful to go to Knott’s with my friend Anthony for Halloween. I was fortunate enough to eat vegan sausages, barbecued by my dad, for the both of us. I am also privileged enough to have this website to work on, and frequently update. It is these little things that make life special for me.

 One can never sum up all of one’s Thanksgiving-related feelings in one blog, or even in a full-length novel, I would argue. Words, however, can be valuable tools. Writing this blog has reminded me that I am very fortunate to lead a happy life, surrounded by others that love me and guide me, just as I love and assist them.