gratitude opens
'silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.'
~ gertrude stein
this community means so very much to me... not merely as the place we play show and tell (though i really do love that)... but a place where we connect and share our lives to different degrees... our thoughts, our dreams, our struggles... i mean where else could i muse upon the things i do and get supportive feedback in return? my kids stick with me for a bit... but it is here that we open up...
life for many people can be isolating - by design or by location... and with a computer we are set free...
i am grateful that i spent the morning with my kids - we are only all together for breakfast and through the macy's thanksgiving day parade... a divorced family - i traded thanksgiving dinner in order to have halloween each year... life is a compromise... so i made stuffing and brownies yesterday... and pancakes this morning...
we watched the charlie brown thanksgiving special last night - and it makes me laugh how the commentary changes as they grow...
i am grateful for the 14 yr. old man/child who has me in training for the olympic patience competition... i believe i have a shot at placing...
for the blossoming young woman who is the apple of her brothers' (& my) eyes... and who is so patient with her whirlwind of a little brother who has been a miracle in his own right and for whom i could not imagine my life without...
i am grateful...
