Thankful Thanksgiving Thursday

[mdlbear]

So, as in the last few years, I like to look back and see how many gratitude posts I made (or, more importantly, missed).

ls ../2021/12/*thankf* ../2022/*/*thankf* | wc -l
49

So this past year I missed three weeks, which is way better than the seven I missed last year, and equal to what I missed the year before.

Today I am grateful for...

• Finally gaining enough perspective to see how very little I've gotten done over the last several years, and particularly the last year and five months since Colleen died. Better late than never, I suppose, although "never" would have been a lot more comfortable.
• My family, both of blood and of choice, and both human and feline. Particular thanks to Desti, who is the best therapy cat. (ETA:) And G who together with his ex J put together an excellent feast. (I made my mom's cranberry relish, as usual.)
• N and m, who in addition to being chosen family are my bandmates in Kaleidofolk. Thankful too for having pulled off a pretty good concert two and a half weeks ago.
• The filk community.
• My kids, E and R.
• The people in my two grief support groups (one on Zoom and one on the Book of Faces), who understand without having to ask or to be told.
• My friends. Also, friendship.
• Molly, my Chevy Bolt EV, which is finally fully paid off.
• Finding -- this morning! -- something of Colleen's that I'd been searching for for the last month and was afraid had gotten lost somehow.
• Rabbit holes, especially math, music, and science videos on YT, and the corresponding articles on Wikipedia.
• Dreamwidth, and all of my readers -- you -- out there reading my blathering and helping me stay sane.
• All of the helpful information about Mastodon.

Comments

[ellenmillion]

<3 I love your gratitude posts. They are inspiring.

[mdlbear]

Thank you! (And you're welcome.)

I write them mainly for myself; it's really nice to know that they're helping other people, too.

[freyjaw]

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. You and Colleen will always be special to me.

Cats are great therapy. We are finding Monroe to be a real love sponge. He and Achilles are getting along better.

[mdlbear]

Thanks -- it was pretty good as Thanksgivings without Colleen go. And a Zoom call from Emmy, which is always nice.