Thursday, November 25, 2010

is thankful for

  • existing and being able to be thankful
  • a Heavenly Father who knows him and is allowing him this earthly experience
  • ability to read, in 2 languages
  • ability to work with my hands to create
  • ability to envision something, work hard to achieve it
  • innovative products that enhance our lives
  • people who he connects with that feel like they've been friends for millenia
  • family, both present and distant
  • friends who become family
  • family who become friends
  • an old table that has stayed unused for many years and returns as a new office table
  • being able to connect with people physically, emotionally, spiritually thru multiple means and media
  • seeing other people struggle and learn, and learning from them
  • ability to want more, to become more, and to slowly achieve more
  • being older, yet still feeling young at heart
  • a sweet daughter that connects with him so easily
  • a sweet daughter that takes care of everyone around her so thoroughly
  • a son that is so terribly happy all the time one must comply to his state of happines to truly enjoy being in his presence
  • a sweet wife that works so hard at the family, at her newfound love with her job, and basically still lets him hang around her
  • his house, a house that seemed too much at one time, then not quite big enough, now is just right
  • his toys, both large and small, that allow him small diversions into that childhood he so richly enjoys to escape from adulthood
  • friends to play with, learn from, grow with, and experience life together
  • a warm electric blanket on cold nights
  • leather gloves that shield his hands from the outside chill
  • a new streetbike that will take him on journeys away from reality, once its warm enough to enjoy it again
  • books, stories and tales that transport him to another plane for brief momments
  • neighbors who step up to help out when needed
  • new and exciting opportunities on the horizon
  • his ability to enjoy racquetball, dirtbiking, motorcycling, waterskiing, snowskiing, paintballing and other activities that keep the heart pumping and young
  • his ability to teach, train, mentor and share his knowledge with others
  • his ability to learn from others and add to his store of knowledge
  • jim the boatwrap guy that protects his little ski boat each year, so come summer, play can ensue on the water once again
  • waking up late on Thanksgiving morning, and feeling overwhelmed by thankfullness

1 comment:

  1. You should be proud of the complicated, multi-talented,decicated, loving man you have worked so hard to become. I am. Love MOM

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