Thankful Thanksgiving Thursday

I'm not too good at rating things, but I think it's safe for me to say that this past year was even worse than the previous one, which I called pretty awful last Thanksgiving.

Looking back,...

ls ../2020/12/*thankf* ../2021/*/*thankf* | wc -l
45

... so I missed seven weeks, which is pretty poor compared to three last year and four the year before. Well, given what was going on...

Today I am grateful for...

• As I said last year, getting through the first 11/12 of 2021.
• Colleen. 45 years was a pretty good run. Do I need to say anything else? I don't think so.
• Being with her during her last hours, with thanks to N and Dr. Rangel for making that possible.
• My extended family (our kids - R and E, and their respective partners; the rest of the Rainbow Caravan - N, G, c, m, and j; plus my brother and his kids and grandkids) being alive and in reasonably good health.
• V, Colleen's caregiver, and L', our housekeeper.
• Colleen's care teams at UW, WhidbeyHealth, Swedish, Prestige, Regency, Whidbey Home Health, etc.
• My (remote) grief support group at The Healing Center.
• The household's excellent cats -- Desti and Ticia on Whidbey; and Cricket, Bronx, and Brooklyn in Seattle.
• Vaccine. Three shots of Moderna. Can I have a shot of Glenlivet with that?
• Zoom and Discord.
• Again, Dreamwidth, and all of you out there helping to keep me sane.