Giving Thanks

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I have been sitting here at my keyboard thinking about the many things I have to be Thankful for.


Wow! What a list.
I am Thankful for....
The people in my life that love and support me...because they make my life meaningful and rewarding. Is there ANY THING better than knowing you are fulfilling your spirit's purpose in being, and having your hands and your heart and your soul held while you are doing it?

I am Thankful for ....
The people in my life that do not love and support me, because with out them, I wouldn't be forced to constantly work to stay in a loving ,better place, and would not have the opportunity to put my beliefs into action. A Double Thank you to them!!!

I am Thankful for each person I have ever known...however brief or long a time.
Somewhere, wherever you are...I hope you know that you taught me, touched me and made me a better person than I was before I knew you.

I am Thankful for my store, because every day, when I open the doors, and hang out my open signs, Magic and wonder begin at that moment, and continue throughout the day. Every day is truly an adventure

I am Thankful to the two wonderful spirits who agreed to accompany me through this life time, and also agreed to let me be the mom this time, my daughters. Their wisdom, strength and love make me want to be super woman for them , always.

I am Thankful for the force of nature that is my granddaughter, the Dancing Wind, with stars in her Gemini eyes.

I am Thankful for my Mother, and how the first time I ever saw how boundless the universe was...it was in her wise, beautiful, passionate eyes.

I am Thankful for my Father...he taught me by not teaching me, and gave me so many things to fight against...in his soul, he may have been the best of all, because he threw obstacles in my way, so that I was forced to go after what I wanted, and in the process...truly know myself.

My husbands, my lovers...thank you for the passion, the love, the care, all the good and all the bad, it made me the woman I am today. I think of each of you with a kindness and fondness that the years only magnify...as I grow older and understand stand my self better, I also understand you all so much better, and with a clarity I never had back then. Thank you for loving me. I loved you, too.


I am Thankful for the man who has been the dearest to me for the better part of 7 years,
through laughter and love, pain and sorrow, reconciliation and compromise, and a deep and loving friendship.
Thank you for the laughter, AND the tears, it seems we have each been the other's teacher , and a more fun schoolmate I could not have dreamed up. You taught me how to play.

On this night before our day of Thanks in America...in my soul, from the top of my head, to bottom of my feet, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, for my exquisitely perfect life.